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Now that I'm based inside a busy class Bravo airspace, I had a situation come up, wondering on how this would be handled. For context, I only recently got my plane ADS-B compliant so I'm new to flying in busy B airspace in the U.S. In Canada, I didn't need ADS-B so I flew through Toronto airspace frequently, hence radio coms are fine with me, however, Toronto controllers usually gave me such low altitudes that the following scenario usually would never apply, but it did come up in DFW class B recently.
Situation: I was flying at 4,500 ft. and was cleared into the Bravo at 4,500 ft. staying on present heading and altitude. As I made my way through the Bravo, I saw clouds at my altitude and present heading. Not being instrument rated, I asked for lower and they cleared me down to 3,500 which was sufficient so all good. However, another plane like 10 minutes behind me had the same request. He was also at 4,500, asked for lower due to clouds and at first, the controller didn't get back to him for a long time (frequency was busy) and then when they did get back to him, they just told him to stay at 4,500.
My questions:
1. In that scenario above, what is one to do if there are clouds in front of you, you are assigned a certain altitude, asked for lower and the controllers don't get back to you?
2. Same scenario, what if the controller does get back to you but tells you to remain at the altitude where the clouds are?
Situation: I was flying at 4,500 ft. and was cleared into the Bravo at 4,500 ft. staying on present heading and altitude. As I made my way through the Bravo, I saw clouds at my altitude and present heading. Not being instrument rated, I asked for lower and they cleared me down to 3,500 which was sufficient so all good. However, another plane like 10 minutes behind me had the same request. He was also at 4,500, asked for lower due to clouds and at first, the controller didn't get back to him for a long time (frequency was busy) and then when they did get back to him, they just told him to stay at 4,500.
My questions:
1. In that scenario above, what is one to do if there are clouds in front of you, you are assigned a certain altitude, asked for lower and the controllers don't get back to you?
2. Same scenario, what if the controller does get back to you but tells you to remain at the altitude where the clouds are?