Originally Posted by
IO540
The reality is that nobody really cares whether you are under VFR or under IFR, at night. Everybody sort of assumes it is VFR.
Not so. Any civilian ATCO will treat any flight, outside a CTZ, at night as IFR and will separate accordingly. Unless the traffic asks for a service that does not require separation ( FIS,RIS).
New can of worms opened
