IFR Cancellation Question

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in
ups.com:

A Lieberma wrote:

If it's an IFR plane in front of you, you won't be cleared for the
visual to an UNcontrolled airport until that plane cancels his IFR.

An uncontrolled airport is literally shut down for IFR arrivals until
that IFR cancellation is received by the plane in front of you. Thus
the courtesy / importance to cancel as soon as you can so the person
behind you won't have to hold.


That's not correct. Visual separation can be used between multiple
aircraft conducting visual approaches at uncontrolled airports.

What you say Steve could very well be, but in my three short years working
in the IFR system, I have yet to be cleared for a visual with another IFR
plane in front of me in VMC conditions.

I have been vectored for "separation" which I took it to mean that I would
have to wait until IFR cancellation was received from the plane in front of
me.

Sounds like different handling from different controllers???

Dunno, but the above has been my experiences (can't say if it's
"technically" correct, but my experiences nether the less).

Allen