On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:45:58 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:


"B A R R Y" wrote in message
.. .

However, the pilots of airliners an biz jets may get a lot more to do.


Is that because the pilots of airliners and biz jets don't look for traffic
unless it's called by ATC?


I would think they would and should look for traffic, but I'm not
them. G

I know you're a controller, maybe your work location has different
preferences and opinions. Our local ATC reps have stated that the
more traffic talking and squawking, and possibly with a rough idea of
pilot intentions, the more options the controller has for managing
traffic. They feel that it's much easier to slightly change to course
of a spam can early on than to move around heavier, faster traffic.

What's your take on that?