Roy Smith wrote:

What you say Steve could very well be, but in my three short years working
in the IFR system, I have yet to be cleared for a visual with another IFR
plane in front of me in VMC conditions.
Happened to me yesterday at Dulles. Reported the MD80 ahead of me
in sight, got cleared for the visual even though we were both 5 miles
out or so.

It might be tough to maintain visual in cruddy weather when the thing
you're trying to watch is moving 60 kts faster than you :-)

I'm unlikely to hit him :-)

Actually, keeping the Navion in cruise configuration until a half
mile out will keep up with an MD80 on approach.

It was the 767 breathing down my back behind me that was more of a problem.