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[01:07:04] Name: Nicholas Cavacini
[01:07:03] NC_SUP: Hello , My name is Nicholas Cavacini, I am one of the VATSIM supervisors. The time is 01:07 UTC, please reply.
[01:07:06] NC_SUP: To contact me simply type (without the quotes) ".msg NC_SUP hello" and then press enter.
[01:07:51] FRDY13: hello
[01:08:53] NC_SUP: Sir, you departed with ATC and now claim that you are unable to contact APP. In addition, you either hit or came very close to hitting another aircraft
[01:10:38] FRDY13: Unable contact it true. this aircraft cannot tune to that frequency. I maintained visual separation from that airctaft, at least 1K vertical and 1NM ahead/behind
[01:11:26] NC_SUP: Why can you not tune the frequency?
[01:12:21] FRDY13: i can tune to 125.14 and 125.16. I suspect that the F22 does not have the international "in-between" frequencies available to most commerical aircraft.
[01:13:07] NC_SUP: You can use the vPilot dot command of (dot)com1 125.150
[01:14:42] FRDY13: thank you for that information
[01:15:50] NC_SUP: You should be with Boston Center 134.7
[01:15:59] NC_SUP: and please fix your squawk code
[01:21:07] NC_SUP: In this case you were in violation of VATSIM Code of Conduct sections A1 and B3. A1 for disturbing the traffic in the airspace and B3 for failing to contact CYUL_APP
[01:23:38] FRDY13: I believe I had good intention via "see and avoid" concerning A1. I maintained adequate separation as the overtaking aircraft.
[01:24:07] NC_SUP: The controller was receiving a conflict alert regarding the seperation
[01:24:53] FRDY13: What does a contact alert entail? Because I know that VFR aircraft are not subject to such alerts.
[01:25:26] NC_SUP: a conflict alert means that the required seperation between aircraft has been compromised
[01:26:48] NC_SUP: The controller had no idea of your intentions and when I arrived it appeared that you could very well have collided with the other aircraft
[01:27:00] FRDY13: I am a VFR aircraft opperating via see and avoid. I should not be held liable for a conflict alert that does not have to do with VFR rules and regulations.
[01:28:41] NC_SUP: A controller is responsible for seperation between aircraft, even VFR. Since you did not have positive communication with ATC they had no idea to your intentions or if you had a visual. It appeared that you could have been either intercepting the aircraft or colliding with it
[01:31:49] FRDY13: The Pilot should be responsible for separation of aircraft, espically VFR. Is that not what See and Avoid principles are based on? The pilot has final responsibility, not the controller.
[01:32:35] NC_SUP: Yes. however, by not contacting the controller as required you caused a disturbance in the airspace
[01:34:31] FRDY13: 1) I am not required to contact the controller as a VFR aircraft who is not flight following 2) Using the full extent of my aviation knowledge, i sqked the appropiate code without delay.
[01:34:56] NC_SUP: You were in the class charlie airspace so you were required to be with ATC
[01:35:29] NC_SUP: plus, when you were given a handoff instruction to contact another controller, you are required to follow that per CoC B10. The other controller is expecting you
[01:35:43] FRDY13: Point 2) is still valid.
[01:37:30] NC_SUP: true, however squawking 7600 on VATSIM does not relieve you of the duty to contact a controller
[01:37:59] NC_SUP: if the controller insists. even during n emergency, that you terminate, you are required to
[01:39:51] FRDY13: Over time time frame of aprox 2 minutes i was contacted by Jerome Nourault (the controller) via text aprox 22 times while I was sqk 7600. not once did he allow me to trouble shoot, not did he offer assistance.
[01:40:27] NC_SUP: Do you have a log of that?
[01:40:32] FRDY13: yes
[01:40:42] NC_SUP: Can you take a screenshot of it?
[01:41:42] FRDY13: Yes, I have done so.
[01:42:03] NC_SUP: Can you either email it to me or upload it?
[01:42:33] FRDY13: stand by please.
[01:43:59] FRDY13: here is the upload link http://imgur.com/3eXEEmh
[01:45:42] NC_SUP: Ok, I do see that. It could have helped to include why you were unable but sending a rapid fire series of contact requests is not appropriate
[01:49:49] FRDY13: OK. So what will come of this situation?
[01:53:05] NC_SUP: So neither party was in the right. The 23 contact requests was very excessive but you should have contacted ATC. I can't really fault ATC for anything besides that because by what you replied with, it appeared that you were unwilling to contact ATC
[01:54:34] NC_SUP: That being said, i do understand where you are coming from so I won't count it as an A1
[01:56:07] FRDY13: Thank you for being able to see where I am coming from.
[01:57:04] NC_SUP: No problem. Don't worry, you won't be suspended or anything from this