Encountered this one on Saturdays condo inspection. They used a condensate pan for a suspended style evaperator coil and ran the drain line to the middle of the utility room. There was a floor drain close by, but not in direct line with the discharge path of the condensate line.
Did the floor run downhill? :shock: :roll:
Floor was level and the drain was about three foot away from the point of discharge. The floor drain had a cover on it that raised it slightly above floor level.
That makes sense. It matches the rest of the design. 
No need for the pan, it’s going to run onto the floor anyway.
Cap drain and install a float safety switch.
I found a similar “whats the point” issue today. A furnace flue along a vinyl covered wall, next to the SEC, along a walkway. The good news is that there were no windows close by.
That’s A Classic. 
In snow country?
I don’t think so…
Isn’t that the secondary drain pan?
Yes.
It would be nice if it held water.
Wouldn’t that just make it a pan?
Yup!
Add a float switch and it’s got a job it can accomplish.