Any traffic please advise

On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 03:12:20 +0000 (UTC), Alan Gerber
wrote:
It depends. At the Class D airport where I fly, the controller won't
clear you to land behind somebody until you report them in sight. When I
report "negative contact", they'll give me periodic updates until I spot
the traffic; once I do, I get cleared to land.

In the Class-B airspace in which I often fly, a "negative contact",
"looking, no joy", etc will often result in one of you being directed
to change course... Since the other aircraft is quite often on
approach and a commercial airliner, it's *me* that gets to change
course... It also usually gets me routed to BFE (no, I'm not talking
about Terry County Airport (http://www.airnav.com/airport/KBFE), but
it's close)... If I'm outside the inner cones of the Class-B airports
here in Houston, I'll probably drop down below 2000 ft and squawk 1200
just so that I can get a more direct routing...