"Marco Leon" mmleon(at)yahoo.com wrote:

If I remember correctly, the Learjet agreed to stay at 5000 ft even though
they called the other target in sight.

The lear was cleared to climb (while maintaining visual separation), and the
MD80 was told that the lear had visual and would be climbing through the
MD80's altitude. The MD80 was not told to maintain visual separation, but
it had reported the lear in sight.

- Andrew