Originally Posted by
Torquetalk
You can’t be “in VFR”. The met conditions are either VMC or IMC. If LAX was IMC and he wanted a clearance to transit controlled airspace, then VFR would not be an option. It’s IFR or SVFR or fly around.
And a Class B surface area to boot, where air carrier aircraft are in landing configuration, and most vulnerable to unauthorized aircraft infringing on their approach path. That is what Class B is all about
: positive separation at low altitude.