A C207 PLT ADMITTED THAT HIS ACTIONS CAUSED AN AIRBORNE CONFLICT WITH DEPING PIPER CUB.

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CUB DEPARTED RWY 15 AHEAD OF ME. I REQUESTED FROM GND A PART 93 ALTDEV FOR XING THE INLET. THE TWR POINTED OUT THE CUB TO ME ON MY DEP FROM RWY 15 AND ADVISED ME HE ALSO WAS ON A CHESTER CREEK DEP. I CONFIRMED WITH THE TWR I HAD THE TFC IN SIGHT. I HAD CLBED TO 1000 FT AT THE WATER; THE CUB STILL IN SIGHT 1/2 MI OR MORE AHEAD AND LOWER. I WAS LEFT OF HIS COURSE; IN THE SAME DIRECTION. I AGAIN REQUESTED THE DEV; THIS TIME FROM TWR; AND THEY ADVISED UNABLE DUE TO TFC ON THE ELEMDORF FINAL AND AGAIN POINTED THE CUB OUT TO ME; AND I ADVISED THE TWR AGAIN THAT I HAD THE TFC IN SIGHT. I DSNDED TO COMPLY WITH THE ALT RESTR AND PASSED THE CUB ON HIS L AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER. I WAS PROBABLY 500 FT OR MORE TO HIS L AND 100 FT HIGHER. I WAS THEN PASSED OFF TO DEP CTL AND CONTINUED MY FLT. PROBABLY AT THAT TIME; I HAD NO IDEA THAT I HAD MADE ANY DECISION THAT HAD COMPROMISED ANY SAFETY OF FLT ISSUE OR ERROR OF JUDGEMENT. IT WAS ONLY AFTER I RETURNED TO BASE AND WAS CONFRONTED BY AN ANGRY PERSON; THAT I WAS MADE AWARE OF ANY PROB. THE PLT OF CUB SHOWED UP AT MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND CONFRONTED ME IN A HOSTILE MANNER IN FRONT OF OTHER EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS. HE CAME OUT ON THE RAMP AND APCHED THE ACFT AND WAS IN MY FACE BEFORE I WAS EVEN COMPLETELY CLRED OF THE ACFT. HE DID NOT WANT TO TALK; HE WANTED TO FIGHT. HE ANNOUNCED HIS NAME AND ASKED FOR MINE SEVERAL TIMES. I DID NOT GIVE IT TO HIM; AS HE HAD NOT YET EXPLAINED WHY ALL THE HOSTILITY. HE THEN REALIZED HE WAS NOT GETTING MY NAME AND BEGAN TO RANT ABOUT COWBOY PLTS PASSING ON THE L SIDE. I REALIZED NOTHING I COULD SAY WOULD MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE; AND TOLD HIM IF HE FELT SO STRONGLY ABOUT IT; HE SHOULD WRITE THE INCIDENT UP. HE LEFT. AFTER THE ANGRY MAN LEFT THE PREMISES; OUR OFFICE MGR AT MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT CALLED THE TWR AND GOT A BRIEFING ON THE EVENT. MY PERCEPTION OF THE EVENT IS THAT THE DECISIONS I MADE WERE THE BEST ONES I COULD HAVE MADE. I AM ALWAYS GOING TO REQUEST AN ALTDEV TO CROSS THE WATER. I AM ALWAYS GOING TO EXPECT TO GET THE REQUESTED DEV. OFTEN IT IS APPROVED AT THE SHORELINE; AND NOT BEFORE TKOF; DUE TO THE PROGRESS OR LACK OF PROGRESS OF THE ELEMDORF TFC. TFC ISSUES IN THIS AREA ARE OFTEN INTENSE WITH INBOUND TO MERRILL; LAKE HOOD; AND ELEMDORF. OUTBOUND TFC FROM MERRILL AND LAKE HOOD AS WELL. I WAS ON RADAR; THE TWR HAD THE TFC IN FRONT OF ME; I HAD THE TFC IN FRONT OF ME IN SIGHT; AND THE INBOUND TFC TO ELEMDORF IN SIGHT. VIGILANCE TO SEE AND AVOID IS REQUIRED; AND I NEVER INTENDED TO LOSE SIGHT OF CRITICAL TFC. TO ATTEMPT TO ALTER MY COURSE IN THE DSCNT WOULD HAVE PUT THE OUTBOUND CUB OUT OF SIGHT FOR A TIME; AND THE ELEMDORF TFC AS WELL. TO ALTER MY COURSE FURTHER L COULD HAVE MOVED ME INTO THE LAKE HOOD SEGMENT AND INTO THE INBOUND LANE OF TFC TO MERRILL THOUGH THERE WAS NONE RPTED. A STINSON HAD DEPARTED RWY 6; ALSO W BOUND; BEFORE THE CUB DEPARTED RWY 15. THE STINSON; NOR THE TWR HAD RPTED THE STINSON POS PRIOR TO MY INSTRUCTIONS TO COMPLY WITH PART 93. I DID NOT HAVE THE STINSON IN SIGHT AND DID NOT KNOW HIS POS AND THIS WAS ANOTHER REASON NOT TO DEV FROM MY COURSE. SUMMARY -- I COULD SEE AND AVOID THE CUB AT ALL TIMES. I PASSED WELL CLR OF THE CUB; NO COLLISION HAZARD EXISTED.