I've heard multiple people (including my sup on my radar checkout) mention that "IFR has priority over VFR." I usually call them out on it, referencing the Note at 2–1–4:
I have occasionally gotten responses to the effect of "that's not how I was trained" or "that must have been a recent change" so I went digging on the FAA website. The oldest version of the .65 that's actually available to view is the 7110.65L [22 MB PDF warning], effective 02/26/1998, and that same exact wording is right there.
So I'm curious: How were you trained? Do any of our more venerable members (N90-EWR perhaps) happen to have access to a version of the .65 from earlier than 1998, and is the Note there too?
(IFR aircraft do have priority over special VFR aircraft, but not regular VFR.)It is solely the pilot's prerogative to cancel an IFR flight plan. However, a pilot's retention of an IFR flight plan does not afford priority over VFR aircraft. For example, this does not preclude the requirement for the pilot of an arriving IFR aircraft to adjust his/her flight path, as necessary, to enter a traffic pattern in sequence with arriving VFR aircraft.
I have occasionally gotten responses to the effect of "that's not how I was trained" or "that must have been a recent change" so I went digging on the FAA website. The oldest version of the .65 that's actually available to view is the 7110.65L [22 MB PDF warning], effective 02/26/1998, and that same exact wording is right there.
So I'm curious: How were you trained? Do any of our more venerable members (N90-EWR perhaps) happen to have access to a version of the .65 from earlier than 1998, and is the Note there too?