Originally Posted by Group W Bench

If they are VFR and the captain agrees to take a look, where is the violation of seperation? Doesnt seperation below RSVM in VFR the responsibility of the PIC even on an IFR flight plan? I dont get what the big deal is. And lets face it, there is no way that cirrus is going to move fast enough where SW wont be able to get out of the way.