Whilst I don't really care about the pro's or con's of either rule, at least with the quadrantal rule any aircraft crossing tracks while both were heading east or west had at least some chance of 500ft separation. Now if they are the same flight rules, they are the same level, but I guess if that's what the rest of the world does, why should we be any different.
As for the traffic, only the IFR's were provided with traffic, so the flight rules of the other aircraft were irrelevant.
Last edited by Traffic_Is_Er_Was; 10th Apr 2016 at 12:32.