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From: don@petsd.UUCP (Don Hopkins)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Under the TCA
Message-ID: <550@petsd.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Jun-85 11:53:28 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 20 11:53:28 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 21-Jun-85 02:26:40 EDT
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Organization: Perkin-Elmer DSG, Tinton Falls, N.J.
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> If I'm flying around under a TCA floor with my transponder set
> to 1200 and no mode charlie - how does the controller know
> whether I'm below the TCA floor ?
> There's no requirement for radio contact and I'm sure the
> controller doesn't want to hear from me anyway if he's
> stacked up.
>
> If we ARE relying on the controller's good faith - then isn't
> there the chance some day that somebody gets it wrong and flies
> into the approach of a "heavy" without any warning from the
> controller ?

The purpose of VFR corridors under the TCA  are to allow you
to pass through the area without having to contact a controller.
This is a convenience for both you and the controller, as he
is probably to busy to talk to you, and you don't want to wait
until he has time to help you anyway. I assume that you are
flying in VFR conditions under the TCA, in which case you
you should be relying on YOUR good faith and judgement to keep
yourself out of the TCA.

Don Hopkins
Perkin-Elmer
Tinton Falls, New Jersey
201-758-7268
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