On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 21:10:15 -0800, Milen Lazarov
wrote:

On 2006-12-08, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

"dlevy" wrote in message
...

Does "Sundowner 1943L, descend and maintain 2000, report Madison in
sight." imply the controller thought he was IFR?


Yes.

Why? You can get an altitude assignment while VFR and Seattle center
usually asks me to report the field in sight (PAE) even when I'm VFR
before terminating radar services.

I don't think the above state (descend and maintain) implies IFR.
However, earlier in the post, the controller told the pilot to expect
the visual. That is very much an IFR procedure, and not a VFR one.

So at least at that point the controller thought the original poster
was IFR.