amillet Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Do you say "negative contact"? What is the preferred response to let ATC know you heard the call? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrach Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 5 hours ago, amillet said: Do you say "negative contact"? What is the preferred response to let ATC know you heard the call? I say "no contact" or "negative contact" or "N number has the traffic". "Looking" tells a controller what they likely already assume...that you have working eyes. The only thing they need to know is if you see the traffic. Often times I hear a controller call my aircraft to the other traffic first, so when the call comes to me I've already identified the opposing traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradp Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Negative contact from the pilot controller glossary. Simple and gets the point across. When IFR in IMC I say "IMC" as well- then they stop asking you to look and will hopefully issue a vector if a conflict exists. Ref pages 72 and 108. https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/media/pcg.pdfSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amillet Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 My old eyes don't usually find the called traffic until 1-2 miles. Sometimes ATC will advise of traffic 10 miles out. What are they expecting you to say to acknowledge hearing the call? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Does anyone reply to ATC that "no visual, tracking on TIS" or equivalent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 4 hours ago, Bob_Belville said: Does anyone reply to ATC that "no visual, tracking on TIS" or equivalent? I hear that a lot, often "got it on the fishfinder." But no, I don't say that, I wait until I see the traffic with my eyes (my fishfinder is on the boat, and only works vertically for a little over 100 feet). I use "looking" during that awkward silence after the initial callout if I don't spot it in a few seconds. Lets ATC know I heard them; sometimes I use "no joy," it all depends . . . "negative contact" is an awkward mouthful compared to "no joy." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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