From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: Charlie's pet peeve
To: lml
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:19:41 -0500
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Posted for jldysart@zirkel.us:

  Charlie:
  
  I live in the rocky mountains.  Like most of the local pilots, when flying
  over the continental divide from Denver, or when leaving my Steambboat
  Springs traffic area to fly 20 miles to Hayden (also uncontrolled) I
  change to the appropriate CTAF, announce my position, and use the phrase
  "ANY TRAFFIC IN THE AREA PLEASE ADVISE".  It is very comforting when
  flying my CESSNA (LNC2 due to be completed later this year) to hear AA,
  Delta, NW, United, King Air, Lear, and other "(idiot)"?? commercial pilots
  who also have just entered the valley and just switched over from Center
  frequency give me accurate location and altitude.  I do not expect these
  commercial pros to pop over the high terrain and go into a holding pattern
  listening for the GA pilot who might be practicing approaches in the
  vicinity.
  
  Nor am I put off by their arrival and request for other-traffic
  information; it is a courtesy that I appreciate.  If I am already in the
  pattern, my routine announcements of DOWNWIND, BASE, and FINAL will
  suffice to answer the query.   Outside of the pattern I will respond if
  there is a remote chance that my location might affect their approach --
  it's better than being sucked into a 737 intake.  I've actually had a
  commercial carrier offer (and execute) a 360 because I was entering the
  pattern ahead of him.  Perhaps when I have a few thousand more hours I'll
  become more arrogant, but I hope not; safety is a shared responsibility.
  
  Jack Dysart