"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
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I don't dispute that the FAA takes that position. But the FARs themselves
are contradictory on that point. FAR 91.123b requires obeying ATC
instructions, except if an emergency requires otherwise. There's no stated
exception for non-emergency violations of the regs. If the tower says
"Continue downwind, I'll call your base" and then hasn't gotten back to
you two minutes later when you're about to enter Class B, and if the
frequency is too crowded for you to call, then the only way to avoid
busting Class B may be to violate 91.123b.


Given that the FAA tells it's controllers that pilots are required to abide
by the FARs regardless of any ATC instruction, who is there to charge you
with violating FAR 91.123(b) in this situation?