Well, and this is a genuine question.
Riddle me this.
In Class E, if the 'big uns' have or are required to have TCAS and it is mandatory for everyone to have a transponder and turned on, then how can not the "big kids" [b]"see"]/b] the bugsmasher, even before they cross that dreaded divide.??
AND
if its VFR traffic it must be VMC, SVFR not permitted ? VMC, to me anyway, means visual.
So here we are on a gin clear Sunday morning enroute LAX O'Hare in a United DC10 in cruise overtaking preceding company traffic at the same level, permision requested and granted routinely for a visual passing.
"Oh and report past"
How hard is that.