Michelle P wrote:

If you are operating in VMC and practicing approaches you are operating
on IFR and VFR rules. You will have VFR conflicts and a big bang in the
sky is bad, follow the controller.
If you were in IMC this would have been a different story.


Why do you think IMC would change it? I've had this very thing happen many
times over the years going into LAX in IMC when they misjudged lateral
separation and had to apply vertical separation on a tactical basis after my
approach clearance was issued. This type of thing occurred a fair distance
out, where my altitude on the extended approach profile was well above the
MVA.