Perhaps calm him and ask if he activated the AP? It's amazing what
brain/sensory overload can do to rational thinking.
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Thx, {|;-)

Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr.

ps: Folks: How about putting your 'include message source at the bottom of
your reply so we don't have to scroll thru it to get a the reply. TIA.

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
...
Bob Gardner wrote:

Not the best attitude, in my opinion. As others have noted, ATC expansion
and paychecks depend on traffic counts, so by not using them you hit them
in the pocketbook. And you deprive yourself of a safety net that you pay
for every April.

JFK, Jr. was not required by regulation to use flight following...but the
outcome of his flight might have been drastically different had he done
so.

How so? Could the controller fly his airplane remotely? :-)

Matt