IFR/Flight Following -- ATC Preferences?

Judah wrote:
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in
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The point is those things are unrelated to flight following.


The original point was that had he had flight following, he might have
survived. You are assuming that the OP meant that a controller would have
alerted him. I interpret it that had he been listening to the frequency, he
might have been more aware of his surroundings and situation and taken
appropriate action.

I don't think this is true at all. If anything, listening to the
frequency would have detracted from his concentration on flying the
airplane, a task that in retrospect he wasn't capable of performing in
the prevailing conditions. I don't think adding to his mental workload
would have contributed to better flying.


Matt