To: TexasGator
From an experienced air traffic controller of more than 30 years.
The changing altitudes was to avoid being identified by other traffic, and since he's turned off his transponders (not the same as ELTs, which can not be turned off) he does NOT want to be noticed, and a descending or a climbing aircraft isn't seen as unusual.
After he passes the traffic he's concerned about, then he changes his altitude again, in a different direction from what his aircraft was headed to before passing the traffic he was concerned about.
46 posted on
03/14/2014 4:37:31 PM PDT by
Yosemitest
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To: Yosemitest
At 45,000 feet, could the passengers still breathe or would it have made it impossible for them to breathe, even with the oxygen masks
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