"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:
So what was the purpose of the 1700' altitude restriction then?

Damfino. It's what you get every time you depart BFM with flight
following.

This question came up because a friend of mine encountered this
situation with the exception of the separation incident. The TRACON
controller (very busy at the time) finally called him up and asked why
he was off his assigned heading. My friend explained, the controller
didn't seem too concerned and told my friend to maintain VFR and proceed
on course. We wondered what would have happened if my friend's
deviation had brought him too near an aircraft flying the ILS 14 into
MOB.
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Dan
C172RG at BFM
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