Larry Dighera wrote:
What you say is true, however I was referring to en route VFR radar
traffic advisory service.

Sure. But the conversation in general is about reporting traffic in
sight -- let's try to keep the big picture here.

The situation you describe on approach is a result of the controller's
necessity to separate IFR traffic which can be either radar separation
or visual separation.

Not in this case. This was VFR, in the pattern. No IFR traffic in the
mix. It's being driven by the controller's necessity to sequence the
traffic to the runway. (Let's not get into the other issue of separation
at Class D airports, OK?)

.... Alan

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Alan Gerber
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