Originally Posted by
RU4692
I remember being in Atlanta's airspace on an arrival and there was a twin Cessna that had broken bravo and wasn't talking to anybody. The controller asked us to visually identify the aircraft, maintain separation while maintaining the integrity of the STAR, and to get the tail # if we could. Do you think it was unsafe for the controller to ask us to identify the make, model and tail number if we could?
It was not only unsafe, it was, at best, foolhardy. How close do you think you'd have to get to read the registration number?
Originally Posted by
Sliceback
How about the old STOL operations in DCA with Dash 7's?

What was that seperation????

Makes me pine for the good old days! Which actually
were quite good.