wrote:
Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
: Milwaukee to Knox is an overflight and Chicago approach doesn't do overflights.

... even VFR. It's one of the reasons that friends of mine don't use flight
following. I find it annoying that even if you transition VFR above Bravo at, say,
10.5k, approach will try to vector you around if you talk to them. I think it would
be better to encourage VFR advisories for everyone's safety, but most large airspaces
discourage it.

Yes, when I went over the class B at 10500 they wanted me farther out over the
lake, and I complied. At that altitude I didn't mind being a few miles over the
water. They also pointed out plenty of large pieces of aluminum, so I was happy
to have their help looking out for traffic. I still did go over a part of the B
airspace, the northern part.

Dave