Today while flying from Manchester-Dublin, I encountered a idiotic flyer. I’m trying to be nice but it makes me so mad we have these awful flyers on the EXPERT SERVER! Dublin atc was active (Tower,Ground,Atis) and then he hops off the frequencies and a A-10 believes that its ok to start doing pattern work and cut off people on final and not maintain that 3NM and 1k ft spacing. I will insert pictures so you can see what I’m talking about
Unfortunately theres too many of these people. Im honestly so fed up to the point i am willing to pay separate for a private online server where you can create a password for it or summ
When aircraft are doing pattern work they are VFR so the separation requirements are 500ft vertical and they need to see and avoid. There is no horizontal spacing requirement. If they were sequenced in front of you by the controller they will need to follow the instruction given so don’t fault the pilot, they’re just following the instruction.
Edit: I re-read your post, thought Tower was still online. If ATC is not active, same rules still apply with VFR but they should not cut you off. Make sure you are sending traffic advisories on Unicom once to let other aircraft know where you are in the pattern (Calling inbound once, reporting position when on final). Mistakes happen though on Unicom, it can be difficult to judge when to slot yourself in without ATC, go around.
To add to what Trio said, pilots cannot be reported after the fact. Showing their information isn’t necessary. Also, grade only corresponds to time spent on the servers. It has no relationship to the ability to fly - it’s just a number.
