From experience - one man's VMC is another's - " I'll just fly around/over/under this cloud." OR "I can see the ground - It's VMC"
I queried Mr. M. Smiths statement from Hansard :
The service provided by air traffic control in class E airspace is separation for instrument flight rules aircraft from other instrument flight rules aircraft and from known visual flight rules aircraft."
Reply
Senator (******) referred your email to the NAS Implementation Group. Please be advised that Mike Smith was accurate in his comments re VFR flights because he refers to KNOWN VFR flights.
In the circumstance where a VFR is known and looks to be in conflict with an IFR, ATC will provide a traffic advisory to both aircraft but with no guarantee that the VFR will hear so the focus will always be on the IFR aircraft.
What th'??? Para. 2 is so pathetic, it's laughable.
snarek you may be a nice bloke and a great aviator, but a little naive in regard to this issue. Please include
brianh in this evaluation.
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