A C172 PLT GETS UPSET WITH THE ATC PROC USED DURING THE APCH OF A C750 JET THAT DSNDED THROUGH HIS ALT DURING VISUAL APCHS TO ROG; AR.

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APCHING ROGERS; AK; FROM THE N; WE SAW THE ARPT VISUALLY AT APPROX 15 MI. WE CALLED THE ARPT IN SIGHT AND WERE CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH. WE REMAINED IN CONTACT WITH RAZORBACK ON APCH FREQ AND WITH OUR DISCRETE CODE. THE CTLR INFORMED US OF TFC ALSO APCHING ROGERS AHEAD AND TO THE L OF US AT A LOWER ALT. HIS INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO INCREASE OUR SPD ON FINAL TO POS OURSELVES AHEAD OF THE OTHER TFC. CLOSER IN; THE OTHER TFC (WHO WAS ALSO ON THE SAME RAZORBACK APCH FREQ) SAID HE HAD US IN SIGHT ABOVE HIM. WE ALSO HAD HIM DISPLAYED ON OUR TCASII EQUIP. BEFORE WE PASSED HIM; MY COPLT SAID HE SAW HIM. I ALTERED MY DSCNT PROFILE TO MAINTAIN 500-600 FT SEPARATION VERTLY ABOVE HIM UNTIL OUR TCASII DISPLAY SHOWED HIM BEHIND US. I THEN INITIATED A NORMAL DSCNT TO THE RWY. THE CTLR CONTINUED TO XMIT ADVISORIES TO BOTH OF US. WHEN ON THE SHORT FINAL (APPROX 2 MI); THE CTLR ADVISED US TO CHANGE XPONDER CODES AND CONTACT ADVISORY FREQ. I BELIEVE I WAS BOTH COMPLYING WITH THE CTLR'S ADVISORIES FOR SEQUENCING AND SEPARATION AND USING TCASII AND VISUAL SIGHTINGS TO MAINTAIN A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE OTHER TFC. THE PLT OF THE OTHER ACFT COMPLAINED TO ME ON THE GND THAT I HAD COME TOO CLOSE TO HIM AFTER WE PASSED HIM. I TRIED TO POINT OUT THE FACTS TO HIM. I THOUGHT I HAD USED ALL THE INFO AT MY DISPOSAL TO APPLY SAFE SEQUENCING ACTIONS. PRIMARILY; I BELIEVE THIS SIT OCCURRED BECAUSE OF A LACK OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ON THE PART OF THE OTHER PLT. SECONDARILY; PERHAPS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL IF THE APCH CTLR HAD ALSO GIVEN A SPD ADVISORY TO THE OTHER ACFT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 537839: WE MAINTAINED A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE C172 UNTIL WE PASSED HIM. ON THE GND THE OTHER PLT OF THE C172 CAME UP TO US AND STATED HE DIDN'T LIKE THE STUNT WE PULLED. WE TOLD HIM WHAT WE WERE ADVISED TO DO. HE THEN STATED THE CTLR IS GOING TO TAKE A HIT ON THIS ONE THEN. I WAS SHOCKED THAT HE WAS UPSET ABOUT THIS. I FELT THE C172 HAD UNDERSTOOD WE WOULD BE PASSING HIM OVERHEAD. WITH APCH CTL WORKING BOTH OF US; WE FELT THIS WOULD CAUSE NO ALARM.