I mean, what are the probabilities of hitting someone?

How easy is it really to see another AC once it get's closer than normal?
I'm thinking if it getæs real close it will be rather obvious, since most
traffic I'm able to spot now is 1-2 nm away, and look really small and
hard to see.


I was recently on a flight from Orlando to Nashville. About 50 minutes into
the flight we did some rather interesting banking (especially to be at 30k
ft). It wasn't the normal course correction stuff, it was full power
banking to the left at 30deg. After we leveled off I saw what looked like a
Citation shoot down our right wing in the opposite direction at no more than
1/2 a mile (which, in my understanding, would be much closer that Class A
seperation allows for). We landed with no troubles and nothing was ever
said.

So, I guess that doesn't help your fears, but know that even the big boys do
it sometimes.

jf