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Old 17th October 2004 | 13:28
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spekesoftly
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In the UK, there used to be 'An Approach Maintaining VMC and own Separation', but it was 'removed' some years ago. It was, if memory serves, only available at Pilot's request (ATC could not offer), during daylight hours and, as the title suggests, Pilots flying such approaches were responsible for their own separation from all other traffic. (As opposed to a 'Visual Approach', to which Standard IFR Separation still applies, albeit often achieved by ATC using 'Reduced separation in the vicinity of an Airfield'.)

Edit: I see that Robert Vesco has subsequently edited his post to remove the query that prompted my reply!

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