About Patrick Smith Expertise I can answer queries on most any issue pertaining to commercial air travel -- from airline service and safety to technical questions about aircraft and flying. I am particularly knowledgable about the routes, service cultures, and safety records of the world's airlines.
Experience Patrick Smith is an airline pilot and the author of Salon.com's popular "Ask the Pilot" series. His book, "Ask the Pilot -- Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel," was published by Riverhead/Penguin in 2004 and was Amazon's pick for the best travel book of that year.
Publications Salon.com, various newspapers and magazines.
Question I'm flying a light aircraft and air traffic say i have a fast moving militry aircraft in my vicinity, what do i do?
Answer
Assuming you are in radar contact, ATC is giving you an advisory that is mostly just a "heads-up" sort of thing. They know where the military planes are, and they know where *you* are. You don't have to *do* anything, really.
Again, however, this assumes you are in radar contact and aren't wandering inside a military operations area.
