The airports I fly at (student rotary pilot) have all had the same traffic for rotary/fixed wing, but the FAA talks about [flying _opposite_ planes at a different altitude](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aim_html...) as a potential practice.
My understanding of why (and also why we're cleared _direct_ a lot of times) is that we move a lot slower than planes, and that ends up being dangerous in its own right in a pattern shared with planes!
My understanding of why (and also why we're cleared _direct_ a lot of times) is that we move a lot slower than planes, and that ends up being dangerous in its own right in a pattern shared with planes!