"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:D2zUc.315580$JR4.141514@attbi_s54...

Whew! Imagine if I had simply opted not to call Cedar Rapids Approach for
flight following? This whole thing could have easily blown way out of
proportion, with the "left hand not knowing what the right hand was
doing" -- and I might well have gotten a letter about it at some later
date -- when it would have been MUCH harder to prove (or disprove) anything.

If thy're that motivated to screw with you, one would think they'd
make sure to put the tapes aside, and then you're home free.

OTOH, my old CFII did have a run-in transitioning Norwood MA (OWD) at
1800' under the Boston Class B 2000' shelf. OWD cleared him but BOS
called when he landed at BED 15 miles away. They said, "You can't do
that, it's Class D." He said, "OWD cleared me, so yes I can." They
said, "there's big towers out there you could hit, he said, "yeah, but
I've been flying here for 20 years and know right where they all are."
They said, "well, we don't think people should be doing that," to
which he replied, "you're the FAA, if you don't like the way the
airspace is set up up, then go ahead and change it."

-cwk.