"Bill Denton" wrote in message
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The question mark "implied" nothing; it directly indicated that I was
asking
a question.

Fine. As hard as it is to imagine, let's grant your claim regarding the
lack of an implication. Then the answer to your question is "yes, assuming
you're also above 3000' AGL, but so what?" Emphasis on "so what?"

Given that there was no implication intended, what in the world was the
point of your original reply?

And if the conditions in my question were "true", you would not need to
fly
an offset on a GPS course, despite GPS improved accuracy, any more than
you
would need to fly an offset on a VOR course; traffic avoidance would be
handled by ATC.

In other words, you WOULD "need" to fly an offset, in order to ensure no
conflict with other traffic. There is a very real risk of a collision when
flying an airway, whether you're using GPS or VOR navigation. In practice,
we as pilots generally choose looking out the window over offsetting our
course, but the "need" is there nevertheless.

You continue to claim (just as your first post implied) that ATC handles
traffic avoidance for IFR flights, but that's simply not true. ATC only
separates IFR flights from other IFR flights (except in particular kinds of
airspace where VFR flights are also given traffic separation...a very small
portion of the national airspace system).

Pete