TCAS Saves Two Air Mauritius A350s From Mid-Air Collision

No worries, thanks for clarifying.

Well, maybe it doesn't at another airline. But at ours, standard procedure is to verify on the FMA that 'TCAS' arms after the advisory 'TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC' and then becomes active once the TA (traffic advisory) becomes an RA (resolution advisory). We don't disconnect the autopilot unless it fails to arm or engage.

Perfect answer, thanks!

For what it may be worth, here are the facts at least as I can determine:

1). These were not Federal Aviation Adminstratinve (FAA), Air Traffic Controllers.

2). Why resort to name calling; i.e. "bigot".

In fact, in De3cember 2013 the FAA dropped the preference for Controller Training Initiative (CTI) graduates and insteaad relied only on a biographical questionaire to review candidates for Air Traffic Control positions. You can draw your own conclusions: Here is a dated news release from the Dean of Aviation at the Beaver County Commuity College (CCBC), CCBC was the 1st academic institute to participate in the CTI program close to 40 years ago, and is/was widely considered preiminent in the private sector's effort at training future Air Traffic Controllers.

The news release follows:

December 2013, the FAA dropped the preference for CTI graduates and
instead relied only on a biographical questionnaire to review candidates
for air traffic controller positions.
The colleges believe the FAA changes were made based on an agency
diversity study that examined the race and gender of CTI graduates.
Because the FAA has changed the national perception of the hiring
practice, the CTIs are being hit," said Bill Pinter, dean of aviation sciences
at the Beaver County college, which had one of the highest success
rates for graduates at the FAA Academy at 97 percent.
In 2013, there were about 200 students in the college's air traffic control
program, but now, post-change, the college has about 60 students in the
program

Right on!

Maybe because it's unfortunately become a big part of hiring standards in the past 20 years?
Have you thought of that?