Can I relax now?

On 7/2/06 4:51 PM, in article
, "Jose"
wrote:

Can I relax now?

The moment you "relax", you are a target.

It's always too hazy to relax
much around here in the Southeast and as a consequence, I always file IFR.
I'm extremely paranoid and I depend on the guys at the scopes to help out.

Not a good idea. "Depending on others", that is. The help is nice, but
never depend on them to separate you from VFR traffic, or traffic that
probably shouldn't be VFR but it.

Jose

I understand that "depend" is a variable with the controller, but I have to
trust them to a good extent. If I didn't, I'd be too scared to fly in IFR
conditions, knowing that not every VFR pilot follows the rules and stays out
of the clouds.

Hell, half the time they call traffic for me, I never see it anyway. One of
the last times that happened, I ended up 300' higher by the time he became
no factor and the controller brought it to my attention with a subtle
"descend and maintain 4000' ".
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