Don't count on it. Travis Approach, our local AFB with trainee
controllers, is notorious for being unreliable in pointing out
traffic. One time I was on a head-on collision with another plane,
saw it, evaded, all without a word from Travis.

That's happened to me around Chicago many times -- and they aren't trainees
at Chicago Center.

"Flight Following" is only fully functional (meaning any kind of truly
reliable traffic reporting) in the quieter parts of the country, in my
experience. In really busy airspace the controllers are just too harried to
keep an eye out for you.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
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