"Judah" wrote in message
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While I agree with the point that you are making here on Steve's behalf, I
don't think the original suggestion was that ATC can fly the plane for the
pilot, nor that your point is indeed Steve's.

Bob's original comment was, "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."

Steve then asked, "How would have flight following made a difference? He
didn't run into an unseen airplane." The implication being that the only
benefit of flight following is traffic alerts. When I brought up very
specific examples of benefits that one can get while getting flight
following, he dismissed it as unrelated to the flight following and
suggests that simply listening on the frequency is all that is necessary.


Please explain how a weather or turbulence report or personal greetings or a
brief personal conversation or even a sports score announcement may have
saved JFK Jr.



The original point - a suggestion that one can improve his/her safety by
using flight following - is completely lost in Steve's trial-lawyer
tactics. The fact remains, however, that even Steve concedes that simply
listening to the proper frequency can improve situational awareness, and
as such the original point is actually supported by Steve's own arguments.


Steve didn't concede that simply listening to the proper frequency can
improve situational awareness, Steve said that everything from weather and
turbulence reports to personal greetings and brief personal conversations or
even sports score announcements can be had by just being on the frequency.