fawcett@dalcs.UUCP (Barry Fawcett) (06/28/85)
this article is posted for greg roberts (dalcsug!roberts).please mail replies directly to him . In response to Brent Callaghan's article, if you are squawking 1200 then the controller knows you are VFR, and the responsibility to stay beneath the floor is up to you. Controllers have very little access to Height Finding Radar, and the controller will assume that you are below TCA and move his heavy traffic accordingly. I have had six years of experience flying in the L.A. area, all VFR (whenever possible, occasional IFR for departure), and the rules are if its bigger than you, move. The charts are explicit. If you are VFR, you must have your head on a swivel to start with, so it only makes sense that if the controller is going to assume that you are below a certain altitude, then it behooves you to be there. Otherwise it could be tinfoil time. Clear Skies Greg Roberts Dalhousie University