I mean with all the Garmin resources how hard can it be to fix this? I still
can't believe my Garmin 530 has no airways or altitude guidance on approach.
I called the Garmin tech support line and they said, "Nobody uses victor
airways anymore. Everybody flies direct." Gimme a break. Obviously they have
never flow around DC, New York, Chicago, etc. When the approach segments
come up, the screen should say "At or above xxxx." Jeez. I hope the upgrade
makes some amends.



"John Clonts" wrote in message
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"Wyatt Emmerich" wrote in message
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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