Mxsmanic wrote in
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Larry Dighera writes:

I considered maneuvering again, but finally
decided, that currently I was okay, and doing nothing would likely
not change that.

You did the logical thing. If you and the other aircraft had indeed
been in exactly the same position, you would have already collided.
Obviously you were not in exactly the same position. And without
knowing the actual, exact position of the other aircraft, a sudden
departure from your steady, level flight would make no sense. Which
way would you go? How would you know that you were flying away from
the other aircraft, and not towards it? You would have about a 50/50
chance.

I suppose I could have assumed that the Cessna was below me, and
climbed a 100', but I didn't.

And had you climbed and the Cessna been above you, that would be the
end of it.


If you had ever sat in a real Piper or a real Cessna, you would know that
it is safer for the Piper to climb than to descend. It is not a 50/50
proposition. But you don't fly and you're a moron.