"Ron Lee" wrote:


Dan, what is your response when you have only had one-three seconds to
look and have not yet found the traffic? This happens often.


"Negative contact."

That is the proper response, straight out of the AIM.

I have been advised of the traffic and responded with a phrase that tells
the controller all he needs to know for the moment. When things change, the
controller can give me an update or I can report "traffic in sight."

Why people think they need to give controllers warm fuzzies about this is
beyond me. Whether you are looking or not is irrelevant to the controllers.
The only information that is useful to them is whether you see the traffic
or not.

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Dan
C172RG at BFM