Originally Posted by
ausatc123
If a vfr aircraft comes through my airspace below 3000ft, they will drop off radar at certain points and I cannot seperate IFR aircraft inbound or outbound. No approaches for at least minutes 10-15 minutes... If I don't have Arrivals I give the clearance away. If I do I won't. Or should I let every big smasher through and hold 3 jets? How much delay would you feel happy with? A few hundred people for 15 minutes or the vfr takes the long way around four an extra 10 minutes of flight time?
If he had filed a VFR flightplan, would that have helped ?
I envisage ATC would have had an indication of his intentions much earlier and had a heads-up.
What difference if any would flight following have made?