On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 03:53:22 GMT, George Patterson
wrote in Sg5ue.8201$R6.380@trndny04::

When I get a traffic report from ATC and I can't spot the traffic,
the controller usually asks me after a minute or two whether I've spotted it or
not. Wonder if this is an eastcoast/westcoast thing?

My experience (west coast) has been, that ATC only continues to point
out the same conflicting traffic if there appears to be any chance of
a collision. Other than in those situations, I usually have to ask
ATC for the current position of the traffic if I haven't spotted it.