On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:51:59 -0800, "Bob Gardner"
wrote:

AIM 3-2-1 says that it is the responsibility of the pilot to insure that ATC
clearance or radio communication requirements are met prior to entry into
Class B, C, or D airspace; the Air Traffic Control Handbook tells
controllers that it is their responsibility to coordinate the passage
through that airspace of flights to which they are providing services. Which
is right?? You will learn that the FAA has many hands, and few of them know
what the others are doing. It also has fiefdoms, called regions, which
interpret the regulations in unique ways.

Bob Gardner

That's exactly my point. My state's driving manual does a better job
of making it clear what your responsibilites are when driving than the
FAA does for flying. For many topics you can cite FARs, AIM quotes,
advisory circulars and FAA FAQs and still have pilots disagree on what
is being said. I find it amazing that this is acceptable to the
flying community. I guess at least part of the problem is that we
can't fix it and the FAA doesn't acknowledge the problem.
Rich Russell