So which is more troubling...

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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

That's a good point. I didn't mean it to make it more difficult for piolots of small aircraft, but more for air traffic controllers to be able to keep an eye for possible problems like this. I realize that the controllers have enough problems as is, but thius may have been avoidable had they known about it through their instruments.

I'm not familiar with the NY airspace, but ...

If a pilot is flying VFR, he need not ensure that the local air traffic controllers monitor his flight path. It is good policy to do so, but it is not mandatory. The controllers often track but unless the pilot makes voluntary contact, they have no way of contacting the pilot.