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From: grahamr@azure.UUCP (Graham Ross)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Altitude Deviation Violations
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Date: Thu, 19-Apr-84 20:47:35 EST
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Seems generally good to know more about what is going on up in the
air, especially for commercial flights.  However, it's also good to
encourage pilots to use /A whenever they can.  I think the FAA should
say something like this:

	We won't tattle on pilots of non-commercial flights not
	requiring /A who deviate from assignments unless the deviation
	is remarkably large (publish a figure here, possibly different
	for different airspace types and altitudes).  We WILL talk to
	the controller of such flights.

This attitude would encourage use of /A more than the current policy.

I don't know how to make the rule apply to air taxi operators whose
N-numbers look like a private pilot's.  Offhand I don't remember anything
in the flight plan that distinguishes a commercial C-172 flight from
a private one.  This is a harmless technicality though -- I'm sure of it.

Graham Ross
Tektronix
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