"Roger Long" om wrote in
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Yikes! What are they teaching student pilots these days? I've asked here
before and seem to find myself asking myself that question a lot. You
can'
t teach common sense [...]

You said it yourself.

You can teach a person to fly, but you can't take a person with no common
sense and terrible judgment and fix those problems.

What does ATC do when they see a 1200 target boring through what they know
is solid IMC?

They have no way of knowing one way to the other what the weather is. If
they see a 1200 target, they will generally announce that target to flights
under their control or receiving VFR traffic advisories. If a pilot
requests it, ATC can provide vectors to avoid the traffic.

Pete