Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
Shouldn't you be terminated when it's time to switch to tower or CTAF even
if you don't have the field in sight?

I don't know. How do you mean "should" he as what's best, or as
what's standard procedure? I've only experienced having them wait to
terminate until I had the field in sight.

When *is* "time to switch"? Again, I had thought - by inferring from how
I've been handled - that it's time to switch when I actually have the
field in sight.

And if I had any doubt about my ability to find the airport, then I'd
certainly want to keep flight following going until I *did* have the field
in sight.

Why?

Because if I'm having trouble spotting the field, either I need help
because it's hard to find, or I'm just not in the right place (i.e.,
"lost"), and need help finding it because I'm lost.

.... Alan

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Alan Gerber
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