On Thu, 1 Feb 2007 05:15:36 -0800, B A R R Y wrote
(in article ):

Dallas wrote:

How serious is this infraction and what generally happens to the hapless
pilot?

As far as barely clipping airspace, I know folks who have _just_ by a
hair clipped BOS & NY, and were not pursued. Personally, I contact them
well clear of the space and ask for clearance if I'm anywhere near the
edge, as I really don't want to poke at the beast.

What's probably worse is popping up through the floor, or suddenly
showing up some other way.

I am personally familiar with someone who was cut loose from a VFR
flight following and told to squawk VFR by NYC Bravo controllers, while
INSIDE Newark's inner-ring airspace, on approach to Linden, NJ.

Newark Tower called Linden and they had Newark on the phone when he
walked into the FBO.

Lucky for him, the conversation started off like this:

Caller: "Did those MF'er's (ref: NY Bravo control) do what we think they
did?"
Pilot: "Yes"
Caller" (in background) "Get those a--holes on the phone!" (back to
phone) "If that _ever_ happens again, fly directly over the center of
the field and contact the tower"

Apparently, an airliner had to go around due to his Piper Arrow zipping
right through the space as a 1200. The pilot filed a NASA form.

This is a great example of why you don't blindly follow ATC instructions. I
think the proper response would have been, "Say again? We are still inside
the Bravo."

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