So IMC is the safest place to be in both controlled and uncontrolled airspace.
Now, don't encourage more pilots to fly IMC - we rely on them staying VFR below!
TCAS is a useful tool but it doesn't half make you realise how many aircraft come close - the ones you otherwise would have not known about. The longer I'm in this game the more I realise the big sky theory is a flawed concept.
