Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
A question, for general discussion: Who is responsible for collision avoidance in a situation such as this - the "VFR" pilot or the IFR pilot?
As always IFR or VFR you need to try and 'see and avoid'. In the litigation following, it would be the pilot who has caused the incident/accident by his negligent / intentional violation of the law.
IMHO it is also unbelievably arrogant/rude to put some other pilot in the position of searching into the murk, knowing he can't see a thing and isn't being separated from our 'VFR' pilot when you are in controlled airspace.