Originally Posted by
machtuk
Part of the problem is for VFR drivers they have so much fancy stuff in their machines that not only does their flight pass by without hardly looking out the window they are heads down which actually puts them in a higher risk bracket for mid air collisions!
It's definitely a thing with VFR in uncontrolled airspace, even when hand flying because you keep coming back to the magenta line no matter how sloppy your flying. And it does not need much fancy stuff - an ipad is enough. But use of the 'advisory frequency' seems to effectively reduce the risk. Here in 5Y land everyone is very conscientious about announcing their presence as they progress (at least, the ones I hear are
), is it the same in Aus?