Regs regarding "VFR flight following?" (also: "need to vent")

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I have had good luck with Flight Following but am pretty touchy on
being given vectors just to ease the controllers duties. I most always
cancel flight following, dial in 1200 and remind them there has NEVER
been a controller killed in a midair, it is always the pilots in
command. After all,, they work for us, not the other way around.


"Vectors just to ease the controllers duties"? What do you mean by that?
If you're in an area where ATC must provide separation vectoring is a valid
tool to achieve it. If you're not in an area where ATC must provide
separation then there's no reason for ATC to vector you.

: I have had good luck with Flight Following but am pretty touchy on
: being given vectors just to ease the controllers duties. I most always
: cancel flight following, dial in 1200 and remind them there has NEVER
: been a controller killed in a midair, it is always the pilots in
: command. After all,, they work for us, not the other way around.
:

: "Vectors just to ease the controllers duties"? What do you mean by that?
: If you're in an area where ATC must provide separation vectoring is a valid
: tool to achieve it. If you're not in an area where ATC must provide
: separation then there's no reason for ATC to vector you.

... and yet they routinely do it if you happen to talk to them.


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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA *
* Electrical Engineering *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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: "Vectors just to ease the controllers duties"? What do you mean by that?
: If you're in an area where ATC must provide separation vectoring is a valid
: tool to achieve it. If you're not in an area where ATC must provide
: separation then there's no reason for ATC to vector you.

... and yet they routinely do it if you happen to talk to them.

True, but in fairness (and in my experience) it is usually due to
traffic. Which, after all, is the only reason I am talking to them in
the first place.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

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... and yet they routinely do it if you happen to talk to them.


Just say no. But make sure you're NOT in an area where ATC must provide
separation when you do.