Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
CAA
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Require the Airways Corporation to desist from giving clearances by visual separation where only on pilot has the other aircraft in sight, and the "following" aircraft is not behind the lateral axis of the other aircraft.
Reply Text
In the CAA's view this recommendation, with regard to two aircraft in the vicinity of an aerodrome, is in appropriate. The requirements specified in MATS 3-8:91 were adequate at the time of the occurrence, and we are aware that they have been clarified since then.
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