Greg Copeland wrote:
You don't think it's over analyzing, trying to infer an aircraft position
based on a **very loose** time of travel ("some 20 minutes or so earlier")
while making many assumptions? In my book, not only is the time of travel

I wasn't trying to "over-analyze" anything - I read the story, spent 30
seconds looking at the DFW chart, and just thought I'd raise the
possibility. You later clarified that you were indeed still in the
class B, but also said the other guy would only have to have "gone
south a little" to be under the 4000' shelf.

I really think you're misinterpreting my intentions. I'm not trying to
be critical or poke holes in your account. I'm just trying to have a
constructive discussion about the incident, which I presume was what
you were looking for when you posted. You can certainly assume the
other guy was a complete idiot, but there may be other explanations,
and I think it's worth exploring them for a couple reasons. First,
without the other pilot's story there's no real way to know, and
second, understanding all the possibilities hopefully makes all of us
better pilots.

I'm a very new PP myself, and I'm honestly just trying to be helpful if
I can. I posted here about my "near miss" a little while back, where
some guy flew straight through the pattern opposite direction just as I
was turning final. My initial reaction was the same - "that idiot was
trying to kill me", but people pointed out that the guy was not
necessarily doing anything wrong (ill-advised, maybe). Ultimately,
that has made me a better pilot than if everyone had just agreed with
me.

todd.