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Slight thread drift here, but hey this is D&G.
I have found all the -8 and above guys very pleased to converse with us bugsmashers, especially when being proactive in making life easier for the bigger faster machines. Even recently while doing some scenic ops close to HBA I felt it polite and prudent to let a
VB crew know our details etc as the TCAS would identify us close by and he may not have been on the CTAF when we broadcast prior to them starting up. Nice of them to thank us afterwards when departing the CTAF too. Its all about manners and common sense, not necessarily the AIP only.
Due to speed differences and the instance you describe, you almost need to be asking for any traffic in the CTAF to identify themselves, otherwise they assume you heard them 10 miles out......contrary to the AIP thing of course. Just a thought!
J
