"Traffic in sight"

[123]

the far more important transmission .

Is me finding out the score of the game. I hate it when someone is clogging the airwaves and I am trying to ask ATC for an update to the score...:angryfire

 

[TheInsider]

When a controller pints out traffic during cruise at the flight levels, he/she is only doing it simply so you won't be startled seeing another aircraft coming at you. After acknowledging the call, it is NOT necessary nor required to make another call to center to report the traffic "in sight". The controller really doesn't care too much.

Yesterday there were two blocked transmissions because pilots unecessarily called back to report "traffic in sight". An AA flight bugged INDY center TWICE to let the controller know the traffic was in sight....the second time with great irritation in his voice because he wasn't responded to on the first transmission when it was quite clear the controller was doing some coordination.

I see your point. My biggest gripe is when pilots, after receiving a traffic call looks in that direction until the traffic is in sight. Now that ATC pointed out traffic we know that the traffic is there somewhere. What we should do is look in all other places and try to locate unknown traffic.

 

[say again]

this section was clearly intended for traffic that that the controller isn't controlling and for below 18,000' such as IFR aircraft getting traffic advisories on VFR aircraft.

Clearly intended? Is this according to you? Are you kidding me! I will continue to call traffic in sight that has been pointed out to me, whether or not you agree. You have no credibility in my book.

 

[brokeflyer]

As this implies: "3. Advises ATC if a vector to avoid traffic is desired" and 5.Advises controller if service is not desired."
this section was clearly intended for traffic that that the controller isn't controlling and for below 18,000' such as IFR aircraft getting traffic advisories on VFR aircraft.


By the way, the AIM is badly in need of a re-write in many areas.

is there a reason you starred this thread again?

you know how irritating it is to see the same BS over and over?...that should be put in the AIM too....get a life and go get yourself screwed...it'll do ya a lotta good.

 

[Steeler Fan]

is there a reason you starred this thread again?

you know how irritating it is to see the same BS over and over?...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCsDdIWvx3o

 

[metro]

Bump.

Back to the original thread-Mach 80 is incorrect in the first place. Although yes ATC doesn't really care if you have traffic in sight or not -they are not telling you this so you "won't be startled"-they are telling you this as a heads up that if you deviate from your present clearance there will be a violation of separation of airspace between the 2 targets.

 

[Mach 80]

metro,

At least as told to me by an older controller some years ago when they could ride in our jumpseats -- I asked why the traffic was bothered even being pointed out. He said when airlines first got jets, the pilots were unaccustomed to the high altitude perspective of seeing planes coming head on at the high closure speeds and they would occasionaly make a non-necessary evasive manuever. After several of these capers it resulted in a policy of controllers making an advisory call of traffic.

He also told me it was sort of a nuisance for controllers to have to do this and nearly as much to listen to a pilot to later say he had the traffic in sight since it was useless info to the contoller.

Reporting, or whether you have the traffic in sight or not, doesn't change anything for anyone.

 

[metro]

maybe it depends on who you ask. That was what a controller told us a couple years back...maybe I'll ask another one today..if I can do it w/ out clogging up the frequency w/ useless transmissions

!

 

[Mach 80]

>>>maybe it depends on who you ask.<<<

Maybe. No matter who is right, in any case, bothering to make a 2nd transmission is totally useless to the controller or anyone else and only adds to radio clutter.

 

[wings421]

If you guys flew Mach 80 then you'd know that you get handed off every few seconds and couldn't afford a congested freq.

Mach 80, thats fast, and we don't like you because you're dangerous *bite*