"Jose" wrote in message
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The =object= is to enable visual aquisition. The =method= is by conveying
position.


The object of conveying position is to let others know where you are. If
others know where you are visual acquisition may be unnecessary.



So such a report is useful to =you=, an IFR pilot who is also a controller
and happens to know where RIKKI is.


An accurate position and intention report is useful to any pilot that knows
where RIKKI is. It doesn't matter if they're operating IFR or VFR and it
doesn't matter how they earn their living.



RIKKI might be the last step-down
fix, a mile from the threshold, on an approach with which you are not
familiar, at an airport at which you are newly arriving, and whose
approach plate is in your flight kit in the back seat. In that case, that
skyhawk definately is a factor for you.


Whatever RIKKI is I will know where it is. Since I know where RIKKI is I
will know where the Skyhawk is and I can easily determine whether it's a
factor for me.



The other airplanes hear "squeal...key" and don't respond. Or they hear
"where's RIKKI" and key the mike. Then you hear "squeal miles squeal
other traffic squeal advise two"


Repeat the request. Many pilots use poor radio procedure, but that's
another issue.



They typically become familiar with what they consider relevant
information.


Wouldn't the relevant information be all available information concerning
that flight?



They do not typically memorize it. No pilot becomes
familiar with "all available" information. That's a silly impossibility
designed so that the FAA can hang you if they want.


The requirement is not "all available" information, it's "all available
information concerning that flight."



Typically the information is only on an approach plate. VFR pilots
typically do not review approach plates. Some may never have even seen
one. It is "information", it is "available". And no I don't think it is
reasonable to expect a VFR pilot to have become familiar with all IFR
approaches into an airport.


In this case the information is on the sectional aeronautical chart. Do
typical VFR pilots use sectional aeronautical charts to plan and conduct
their flights?