On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 16:28:25 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:


wrote in message
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Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
: Milwaukee to Knox is an overflight and Chicago approach doesn't do
overflights.

... even VFR. It's one of the reasons that friends of mine don't
use flight
following. I find it annoying that even if you transition VFR above Bravo
at, say,
10.5k, approach will try to vector you around if you talk to them. I
think it would
be better to encourage VFR advisories for everyone's safety, but most
large airspaces
discourage it.


Approach has no authority to vector you if you're VFR outside of Class B
airspace.

True, but they will threaten to cancel your FF if you don't agree to
their vectors. Granted, FF doesn't make planes fly, but it is
comforting in the midst of the dense traffic found in Bravo airspace.

I agree with Cory. Rather than cancelling our FF, wouldn't everyone
be better off (and safer) keeping us on a squawk and on frequency?