"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
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Is that likely to work? ATC may, after all, deny the "on top" clearance.

As Ditch says, ATC has the authority to deny the clearance, of course. But
since it makes their life easier, I don't know why they would. I have never
been denied a request for a "VFR on top" clearance. Granted, I fly VFR much
more often than IFR, but I just can't see why ATC would ever deny a "VFR on
top" clearance.

Pete