Originally Posted by 12172003
I'm guessing it was Class B in which case the controllers didn't separate the a/c properly or someone wasn't following their clearance and the controller didn't see it. Or it could have been the news helicopter was below the Class B. Just guessing on my behalf. Nonetheless, in visual conditions it is still see-and-avoid. Airplane vs. helicopter means the helicopter has the right of way.
My (former) CFI/CFII told me once he got chewed out on frequency for a similar encounter with a WN jet. He then told the controller he was in visual conditions, in Class E airspace and he was on flight following (radar contact, etc.) so no one did anything wrong at all. See and avoid (plus TCAS).
But wouldn't there be certain restrictions about flying a copter directly into or near the flight path of an oncoming a/c. Wouldn't the a/c have the right of way (sorry...just using logic, which most times doesn't come into play in the airline world).