On 10/17/2010 5:14 AM, Mike Schumann wrote:


In the US, standard procedure is that IFR traffic is not routed
around VFR airplanes, even if they are transponder equipped. If you
are lucky, the IFR traffic will get a traffic advisory. Keep your
fingers crossed that the IFR traffic has TCAS and that the pilots
follow the RA instructions.

Do you have a reference for this? It seems contrary to the purpose of
having transponders, and is not what I or other pilots I know experience.

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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation Mar/2004" Much of what you need to know tinyurl.com/yfs7tnz