In article ,
Snowbird wrote:
If you *believed* that he was really in
the soup, why not just pretend the VFR target was a lost-comms IFR
guy and gotten the Baron out of the way?

Just to point out here, Chip isn't working the "VFR" target, he

I know, but it worries me that just because the VFR-in-IMC guy is
breaking the rules, the controller is left in a position where due
to regulations and habit/mindset he is unable to resolve[*] a traffic
situation that would otherwise be routine. In software this is one
of those "can't happen" cases. You "can't" have a guy in IMC that's
not on an IFR flightplan converging with an IFR plane. So the regs
don't allow for it and anyone evaluating the situation tries to make
it fit into one of the other categories instead.
[*] obviously no metal was bent here, but the Baron used his emergency
authority to deviate from his clearance trying to get out of the way.

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