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Originally Posted by AlphaSigOU
The main rule - and one rammed into us who's ever taken flying lessons - is to 'see and avoid'. Fly the airplane and keep an eye out for traffic and an ear open for traffic calls from ATC.
As an observer and scanner with CAP, I'm trained to keep my head on a swivel looking for traffic on the right side of the aircraft if I'm occupying the observer seat or the left side if I'm in the scanner seat.
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Take that and add to it watching what's on your station's air, what your cameraperson is shooting, the event happening on the ground AND keeping a verbal description of everything else on the air and answering questions from the anchors.
I feel a lot better when there is a separate reporter onboard to handle those last items. It goes both ways, depending on whether the pilot can talk or not.
There are enough distractions for the pilot when they're in heavy traffic such as a situation like this one.
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