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http://blog.aopa.org/leadingedge/?p=3922 Seeing another aircraft on TCAS or other traffic-in-the-cockpit device (aka, the fishfinder) does NOT constitute visually identifying the other aircraft. Advising the controller that you’ve, “got ‘em on the fishfinder,” “the box,” or TCAS is wasted airtime as far as ATC is concerned. There are only two options: either you have the other aircraft visually or not. ATC will then respond accordingly.

http://www.avweb.com/news/sayagain/186249-1.html?redirected=1 http://www.pilotworkshop.com/tips/pilot_atc_response.htm https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aim/aim0404.html#aim0404.html.9 Also See AIM 4-4-17: d. Presently, no air traffic services or handling is predicated on the availability of an ADS-B cockpit display. A “traffic-in-sight” reply to ATC must be based on seeing an aircraft out-the-window, NOT on the cockpit display.

None of the above. AIM specifically says otherwise. It's "looking for traffic" or "negative contact" until traffic is visually acquired. Doesn't matter if you have him on TCAS, ADS-B, or whatever. The only thing that matters is visual acquisition.

Right, they're not "on" all the time and it's very difficult to find out when they are since a) stadiums are not charted on VFR charts for the most part, let alone stadiums of 30K or more only; 2) game times for every little event are not published (at least not in the centralized location they would need to be for effective cross-country planning) (and especially not "end times" which cannot be published since they fluctuate. Frankly, the stadium TFRs are also pointless (as are most TFRs in general). A paper TFR of 3 miles and 3000 feet is not going to stop a criminal intent on killing people from "penetrating" the TFR and crashing his/her plane in the stadium (or into the VP). There is no way to intercept a plane with a 3 mile / 3000 ft zone. So the only people affected by this are innocent pilots who are caught unaware and accidentally enter the TFR because they're not published. What a bunch of BS.

At least those are published and you can get info on them pretty easily. I haven't found VIP TFRs to be that much of an issue since they are relatively infrequent and the outer rings + VP TFR can be traversed on an IFR flight plan.

Thanks, glad to be here. Purchased my Mooney M20J in September and love it. Can't imagine ever going back to a Cessna or Piper.

If you really want to get this changed, post comments with the FAA. Go here and click "comment now" at the upper right hand. http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FAA-2013-0784-0001 Also, there is a big difference between "in contact with" ATC and "authorized by" ATC. If you are receiving flight following, you may be "in contact with" ATC, but unless ATC has given you vectors or specified that you can ignore or traverse the TFR, you haven't been "authorized by" ATC to bust the TFR. Finally, not sure what the last poster is talking about re 1500 feet AGL. The TFR clearly applies 3000 ft AGL, not 1500.