"Brad Z" wrote in message news:BkHJc.86409$a24.57049@attbi_s03...
I think Sydney meant 800ft above the traffic pattern of a non-towered field.

Yes, thank you Brad. That's what I meant, I just left out "TPA".
Me bad, not proofing for sense.

The point is, in the situation you described, the controller chewed
your butt for not getting on his freq. faster and getting off the
CTAF, in a situation where I think safety was best served by what
you did: staying on CTAF until you climb above TPA at the airport.
If the controller doesn't want to hear big iron telling him about
TCAS alerts and deviating for them, he needs to change his procedures
so as not to vector big iron around 800 ft above TPA at a small
airport.

Cheers,
Sydney