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Hi,
I would like to ask for help and clarify the meaning of the sentence below:
Any aeroplane with an unserviceable transponder as well as an unserviceable TCAS will not be permitted in UK airspace for which mandatory carriage of a transponder is required.
Can I perform a flight with failed TCAS?
As I am not a native speaker, I would appreciate your help and clarification.
Thank you
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The sentence is poorly written and ambiguous. The plain meaning is that your aeroplane (I thought Churchill put paid to that) must have both a faulty transponder and a faulty TCAS to be excluded. But that seemed so unlikely that I looked at it harder, and that interpretation defies logic since the transponder is mandatory.
- The sentence is poorly written and ambiguous.
- The plain meaning is that your aeroplane (I thought Churchill put paid to that) must have both a faulty transponder and a faulty TCAS to be excluded.
- But that seemed so unlikely that I looked at it harder, and that interpretation defies logic since the transponder is mandatory.
- " The double negative is not ideal.
- " Ellu Can I perform a flight with failed TCAS?
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The sentence is poorly written and ambiguous. The plain meaning is that your aeroplane (I thought Churchill put paid to that) must have both a faulty transponder and a faulty TCAS to be excluded. But that seemed so unlikely that I looked at it harder, and that interpretation defies logic since the transponder is mandatory. The writer meant simply "or":
"Any aeroplane with an unserviceabl
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