"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:
How do you know there was a loss of separation? If the VFR
departure was restricted to 1700 or lower, I'd expect the IFR
arrival was restricted to 2200 or higher.

In this hypothetical incident, I'm assuming that the jet was cleared for
the ILS approach which prescribes an altitude of 1,800 until the FAF.
The VFR aircraft turned toward the ILS final approach course and passed
near enough to the IFR jet to cause the separation deal.

Did the VFR departure bust his altitude restriction?

No.

Controllers are aware that pilots are required to abide by
applicable regulations regardless of the application of any
ATC procedure. The pilot must do what's required to
maintain VFR conditions even if it means acting contrary
to an ATC instruction. So if there's a loss of separation the
controller is going to get most of the blame.

That's the answer I was looking for, thanks.
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Dan
C172RG at BFM
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