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Old August 25th 06, 07:28 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Any traffic please advise

"Jim Burns" wrote:
A long time ago I was chastised by a controller for just
saying "looking", he specifically wanted to know if I
saw the aircraft.


If you saw the traffic you would have said "traffic in sight", not
"looking", and if you didn't reply at all, he wouldn't have known if you
even heard his traffic alert. So far, I haven't read any sensible
argument here for discontinuing the use of "looking" -- it's still the
shortest, most concise way to say "I heard you but I don't see it yet".
The controllers here seem to appreciate it and haveno problem with it.