EMB120 FLC TOOK ACTION TO AVOID A BEECH BARON DURING DEP CLB IN RESPONSE TO A TCASII TA AND SIGHTING OF THE OTHER ACFT.
Synopsis
EMB120 FLC TOOK ACTION TO AVOID A BEECH BARON DURING DEP CLB IN RESPONSE TO A TCASII TA AND SIGHTING OF THE OTHER ACFT.
Narrative
CLRED TO DEPART VLD TO TURN 270 DEGS AND 3000 FT. TWR TOLD US OF TFC FROM THE N BEFORE TURNING US OVER TO DEP. UPON CALLING DEP; WE TOLD THEM THAT WE WERE TURNING TO 270 DEGS AND CLBING TO 3000 FT. DEP WANTED TO KNOW OUR POS AND WAS GIVING US A NEW SQUAWK CODE. WE THEN RECEIVED A TA. WE TOLD DEP THAT WE NEEDED TO AVOID TFC. A BEECH BARON ON OUR R WAS TURNING L; SO WE CONTINUED OUR L TURN TO AVOID TFC. ONCE WE WERE CLR OF TFC; WE ASKED DEP WHY WE WERE NEVER WARNED OF TFC. DEP TOLD US THAT OUR CLRNC WAS [BASED] ON THE FACT THAT WE MAINTAIN VISUAL SEPARATION FROM TFC. WE NEVER HAD VISUAL CONTACT OR WERE ASKED TO MAINTAIN VISUAL SEPARATION. SITS LIKE THIS HAVE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES TO ME N OF THE VLD AREA. MIL CTLS THE TFC IN THIS AREA AND DOES NOT SEPARATE TFC WELL. MOODY AFB HAS A DEP CORRIDOR JUST N OF VLD REQUIRING AN IMMEDIATE 270 DEG TURN. ALL INCOMING AND OUTGOING TFC FOR VLD CONVERGE WAS IN AN AREA NW OF VLD. ALSO; IT IS AN ATC TRAINING AREA FOR THE AIR FORCE AND A LOT OF TIMES TRAINERS ARE LATE TO CORRECT TRAINEES. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE CHANGED BEFORE THERE IS AN ACCIDENT.
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