[ceejayoz]

That's only partially true, in the case of a tie.

https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/92495/how-does-...

> But what if the other aircraft is "thinking" the same thing? That's the heart of this question. The answer is, whichever TCAS makes a decision first, and then in case of a tie, the lower Mode S address "wins":

[jll29]

Thanks for answering my question, namely how does the collision resolution in TCAS work? (Different from, say, TCP, which uses randomness)

EDIT: FAA PDF on TCAS 7.1 - https://www.faa.gov/documentlibrary/media/advisory_circular/...

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