True - but it is still very unusual to have traffic at 1000' at the departure end of the runway and crossing midfield would give quite a tight turn compared with crossing over the runway numbers at 2000' and aiming to cross the DER at 1000' given that we are generally talking about short(ish)...
With all due respect, this thread indicates why one should not ask for information on UK/European procedures on a US forum. Some of the opinions above would be extremely dangerous if flying in Europe where a 45 degree downwind join and other suggestions above are simply not done. Traffic would...
Non-native speaker and possibly therefore not overly familiar with atc procedures/airspace ?
Not in any way an excuse, just a question arising from the way the report is written.
I'm new and a little confused. Two parents, a baby and a pilot in 172 (not the start of a joke). Surely the parent sitting right beside the baby should realise that it's fine in about 2 seconds flat.
Now I'm new (Hello) but surely the website headline "The FAA is investigating an incident involving a JetBlue flight that nearly missed colliding with a small airplane while in flight." contains all the right words but not in the right order.
Incidentally, where can I get an AOA indicator to...