IFR broadcasts
G'day All,
I regularly fly VFR in some fairly busy airspace. I'm VFR because I have no choice. I have passengers in a single engine aircraft.
More than a few times lately I have heard the following...
Centre, ABC, approaching top of descent Y***.
ABC, Centre, no reported IFR traffic.
Centre, ABC, left 6000 on descent Y***.
I had been around the correct distance and altitude to be on their descent profile to Y***.
How about an all stations broadcast for us VFR types you may be about to run into. One particular occasion springs to mind, when I ended up joining crosswind at the same time as the offending aircraft was just touching down at the same airport. Too close for comfort in my opinion, and see and avoid doesn't really work as I have no rear vision mirrors fitted!!
I had heard the "left 6000" but had no idea of the direction the other aircraft was coming from. I called him twice for clarification but received no reply. They were obviously too busy to talk to a lowly VFR pilot. I eventually had to call centre for this information. This tied up the frequency for about 2 minutes.
So how about it guys, not everybody is IFR and known by centre to be in the area.
Regards, Two Dogs.