"Wyatt Emmerich" wrote in message ...
My flight instructor is quite upset. He says every single one recurrent pilots is making the same potentially
fatal mistake. When they reach MDA or the MAP, they hit the OBS/SUSP button as soon as it lights up. The
Garmin 530 immediately paints a magenta line to the hold waypoint. Unfortunately, often the full approach
plate lists specific altitudes to which to climb before making this turn. The instructor says eight out of
eight of his recurrent pilots are just hitting the SUSP button as soon as it appears and heading to the hold,
which could take them smack dab into terrain or towers. We look up in the Garmin manual and it says nothing
about making sure to reach the proper altitude before hitting the OBS/Susp button. His point is this: Garmin
should have some type of display message that warns the pilot to reach the proper altitude before turning to
the hold fix.


Yeah, Seems like I remember the King Manual (KLN-94) pointing out that this is SPECIFICALLY why it doesn't
autosequence to the holding fix, and that you should follow instructions off the paper approach plate before
resuming...

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Cheers,
John Clonts
Temple, Texas
N7NZ