I'll be taking this one up with AOPA today. The change obligates any pilots based

there to spending at least $3-4K if they don't have the equipment installed
already,
and as far as I can see, there is no change in the status of the LOMs that would
make such a change necessary.

They do have the FAF's on the map, as they give you your position relative to the
fix
when giving the clearance for the approach, however I am quite aware that I can't
depend on getting a readout of the fix from ATC. Looks like there is no way out
other
than installing either DME or IFR certified GPS or getting the FAA to reinstate
the old
approaches.

Ron Rosenfeld wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 22:02:45 -0400, Ray Andraka wrote:

Worst part is the LOMs are still there (and in fact ARMIN is still charted,
but not as an FAF on ILS23). Can radar substitute? I think it can, but
since that depends on communication, availability of the radar and controller
workload....


I find this in the AIM:

i. Pilots should not rely on radar to identify a fix unless the fix is
indicated as "RADAR" on the IAP. Pilots may request radar identification of
an OM, but the controller may not be able to provide the service due either
to workload or not having the fix on the video map.

Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)

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