Bright Ling
THEN it wouldn't matter what type of service you were getting if bounced my an unknown.
This is precisely the point I was making to Heathrow Director after he was falling about all over the place at Fallows comments.
ATC does not offer a 100% guarantee and the commander is always responsible for the safety of the a/c and therefore Fallows (in my opinion) made a very good point in the context of light aviation.
As to your second point, all I was saying was that the only time I ever reported an airprox happened under ATC and did not suggest that airproxes were limited to any particular scenario.
I've had a few "close encounters" over the years, but this was the only one where I felt the need to take reporting action, since I had to stand a heavy single on it''s wingtip in landing configuration and thought that the reasons why should be investigated.
As it happended there was a blind spot from the tower and a cctv unit was added to cover it so the outcome was positive for everyone.