On Feb 21, 7:55*am, " wrote:
On Feb 21, 7:21*am, " wrote:

On Feb 20, 1:36*pm, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:

What are the advantages
of *IFR to VFR-on-top then cancel over IFR to VFR then cancel?

You should know the answer to this.

You watch me closer and provide REQUIRED separation when I am VFR on
top. *You can't drop me when I am VFR on top as it's still IFR.

Correction to the above thinking this through. *Separation would be
VFR rules. *Duh, hence VFR on top. *The rest still stands.

VFR on top is an IFR clearance and ATC cannot drop me until they hear
those magic words cancel IFR. *That is the benefit of VFR on top.

That's just swell, peachy even. But the issue ain't flight following
vs. VFR-on-top, it's IFR to VFR-on-top then cancel vs. IFR to VFR then
cancel. Why request VFR-on-top to punch through a cloud deck if you
intend to cancel IFR upon reaching VFR conditions?