"If they allow the traffic again, I'd recommend taking the flight - it's worth it. From the south, I usually requested Class B from EWR tower around the VZ bridge. They'd hand me off to LGA - or you can just stay clear of Class B"
Aside from the terrorist phobic "Chicken Little's" (Children's fable of needless fear- "the sky is falling"), the main intended purpose of a VFR flight plan is to insure search and rescue when remote areas are transversed VFR (Manhattan a remote area?). For traffic / tracking control purposes, file IFR.
Perhaps the safest solution to our gift of fabulous Manhattan views, would be to establish a "one way street", that is, fly a clockwise only VFR corridor of specific airspace around the entire island, with specific entry and exit points.
Last edited by ship's power; 13th Oct 2006 at 18:58.