BP,
Your last par might cause some incoming. I'd don the hard hat if I were you.
From my reading of this thread, I believe that traffic info was passed to the 73, which quite understandably couldn't see the Lancair.
You said,
This information flowed freely and seemed in place for the circomstances.
Is this an unauthorised proceedure for the controller?
Are controllers mostly unwilling to give this sort of assistance?
Jeppesen ATC, AU-201, 1.1.1 defines the service provided in Class E airspace, as follows (my bolding);
IFR & VFR flights permitted. IFR flights are subject to ATC clearance. IFR flights are separated from IFR flights. IFR flights receive traffic information on
known VFR flights as far as is practicable
So to answer your question, it's not an unauthorised procedure but comes somewhere down the list of "Dick" priorities for the ATCO, who is probably sh!tting him/herself that s/he will be on duty and be blamed when the big crunch happens, 'cause sure as hell Smith and Anderson won't accept any responsibility.
