Martymccasland
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M.McCasland
While flying today, I encountered some ATC communications that make me reconsider what I thought was correct.
It was 500OVC with a solid layer up to 8000-10000. I went out to do a few IFR currency approaches. I'm IMC 30 seconds after rotation and maybe 60 seconds or so coming in on the approach.
The controller calls "traffic 10 o'clock 3 miles, a 737". I respond, "Negative contact, I'm IMC". "Roger", the controller says. The controller then calls to the 737, he too responds, "Negative contact, IMC".
*Up to my flying career to this point (about 850 hours)*, including "in IMC" acts like a snooze button on controllers asking me to look out for traffic.
Not today.
Not 10 seconds later the same controller calls with "Airbus 2 o'clock 4 miles". I give another, "Negative contact, IMC." Then another, and another. On the 5th call I say, "Negative contact, still in IMC, I can't see a thing"
I forget what the controller says, but he seem annoyed with me continuing to say "in IMC"... Plus everyone he's calling too is suffixing with "...in IMC".
What am I missing? There were no pockets of visual conditions -- it was full IMC everywhere. Everyone was IFR/IMC. Should I have just simply responded, "Negative contact" over and over and over? Seems pointless when no one can see anyone.
What am I missing / what would have gotten the controller annoyed with my response?
It was 500OVC with a solid layer up to 8000-10000. I went out to do a few IFR currency approaches. I'm IMC 30 seconds after rotation and maybe 60 seconds or so coming in on the approach.
The controller calls "traffic 10 o'clock 3 miles, a 737". I respond, "Negative contact, I'm IMC". "Roger", the controller says. The controller then calls to the 737, he too responds, "Negative contact, IMC".
*Up to my flying career to this point (about 850 hours)*, including "in IMC" acts like a snooze button on controllers asking me to look out for traffic.
Not today.
Not 10 seconds later the same controller calls with "Airbus 2 o'clock 4 miles". I give another, "Negative contact, IMC." Then another, and another. On the 5th call I say, "Negative contact, still in IMC, I can't see a thing"
I forget what the controller says, but he seem annoyed with me continuing to say "in IMC"... Plus everyone he's calling too is suffixing with "...in IMC".
What am I missing? There were no pockets of visual conditions -- it was full IMC everywhere. Everyone was IFR/IMC. Should I have just simply responded, "Negative contact" over and over and over? Seems pointless when no one can see anyone.
What am I missing / what would have gotten the controller annoyed with my response?