"VFR on top" is an IFR operation requiring a clearance and the adherence to
both IFR and VFR rules at the VFR XX,500' altitudes..

http://www.faa.gov/ATpubs/PCG/V.HTM



Mike
MU-2

"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
nk.net...
No, like Steven said, it is an IFR operation.


Well, Newps and a couple others have been saying that VFR on top at 33,500
feet was legit. (or at least they snipped the original statement).


I agree with you that and hold that anything over 18,000 feet is strictly
a IFR operation and conducted in 1000 foot increments (also that if
someone is at a 500 foot intermediate level they are only passing through
that altitude, not cruising.