Traffic advisories workload permitting?
"5 by 5" luv2^fly99@cox.^net wrote in
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Robert M. Gary writes:
I know that the AIM tell us that class E airspace traffic advisories
are given to VFR aircraft on a workload basis. However, I seem to
recall some of our controller friends saying that as long as an
aircraft is currently being given flight following the controller
must either advise traffic or cancel the flight following. I'm
looking for this type of language in the 7110 but I'm not seeing it.
The controller is not required to call out all traffic, and may not
be able
to. The pilot should always assume that there may be traffic nearby
that the
controller cannot point out. This is mentioned in the
pilot/controller glossary of the 7710 under Traffic Advisories:
"Traffic advisory service will be provided to the extent possible
depending on
higher priority duties of the controller or other limitations; e.g.,
radar limitations, volume of traffic, frequency congestion, or
controller workload.
Radar/ nonradar traffic advisories do not relieve the pilot of
his/her responsibility to see and avoid other aircraft. Pilots are
cautioned that there are many times when the controller is not able
to give traffic advisories concerning all traffic in the aircraft's
proximity; in other words,
when a pilot requests or is receiving traffic advisories, he/she
should not
assume that all traffic will be issued."
It doesn't matter if your just flying a desk retard.
PKB. You can't fly either, buttboi. How many students you cheat this
week?
Bertie
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