Originally Posted by West Coast
Very relevant in the RVSM world if your flying something smaller than the whale. I don't care what documents say what, 1000 ft below a heavy and you stand a chance of a wake encounter. I know from recent experience.
But how did the "heavy" call sign help you exactly in that special situation? Wouldn't an advise by ATC be more reasonable than a wild guess if that "Heavy" who called in 10 min ago could have been the one?