VERY interesting thread!
What I want to know is... could I be given "avoiding action" just because I may pass within 4.9nm of another aircraft?
Or is it as I think it should be... "you're continued survival is in doubt" ?
In these days of litigation due to giving passengers a fright, [stress, trauma] it seems to me that a lot of captains will think twice before risking that.
And I agree you arent paid enough!
Nor are we!