Originally Posted by DFC
2. You talk about separation. Please remember that VFR and IFR flights receive the same separation in Class D as they do in class G - none.
Yawn! Ok - now a real world answer.
No - the
minimum service required in Class 'D' is that VFR does not have to be separated from IFR, but that traffic information is passed -
but the IFR can ask traffic avoidance (separation) and will be given it if requested. (MATS pt 1, Section 1, Chapter 2, Para 2)
Now - rather than get the two blips nice and close to each other and then find out at the last moment that the guy wants separation it's often easier to do it at source, without him asking. Also healthier for licence protection (you have to posess one of those to realise what a good idea it is
) More so with the advent of TCAS as the system gives an "RA" no matter what the flight rules are of the other aircraft. The magic box doesn't know after all, (and it's easier than the paperwork).
And as for not separating IFR from VFR in Class 'G' - what do you think you're doing when you have IFR traffic under a Radar Advisory Service?
Another time when theory and reality seem to miss each other quite nicely - eh?