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You receive a TCAS Resolution Advisory (RA) "climb, climb". Under what circumstance do you not have to follow the RA?

  • A

    Hearing the stall warning

  • B

    When ATC tells you to descend

  • C

    Being in an overspeed condition

  • D

    If you are visual with another aircraft

This question is somewhat borrowed from the Instruments syllabus, but the stall warning has priority over the TCAS. As a pilot, you must always respond to a stall warning as the priority.

The information provided by ACAS II is intended to assist flight crew in the safe operation of an aeroplane by providing advice on appropriate action to reduce the risk of collision. This is achieved through Resolution Advisories (RAs), which propose manoeuvres, and through Traffic Advisories (TAs), which are intended to prompt visual acquisition and to act as a warning that an RA may follow.

Traffic Advisory (TA) means a caution to the flight crew that an aircraft has become a potential collision threat.

Resolution Advisory (RA) means a warning to the flight crew of an imminent collision threat, combined with commands for the crew to use in avoiding an airborne collision.


Looking at the answer options:

Hearing the stall warning --> CORRECT.

When ATC tells you to descend --> INCORRECT. Always follow the TCAS RA over an ATC instruction.

Being in an overspeed condition --> INCORRECT. Entering the RA Climb will reduce your airspeed anyway.

If you are visual with another aircraft --> INCORRECT. Which aircraft are you visual with? Respond to the TCAS RA.

From Instruments - The priority of warnings is:

  1. Stall warning
  2. Wind shear
  3. GPWS
  4. TCAS

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