"Jose" wrote in message
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There's no way the FAA could get away with officially telling pilots to
use a given explicit definition, and then prosecuting them for complying.

That is a statement of faith. It is a faith I do not have.

I wouldn't call it faith. There are some violations of due process that are
so blatantly absurd that (empirically) they can't survive judicial review
(except when there's a powerful vested interest involved; but that's not the
case when it comes to busting a random private pilot for flying into icing
conditions).

I don't know if there's any evidence yet of being prosecuted for obeying
the AIM.

I'd say that until and unless some such evidence comes to light, the a
priori likelihood of such an event is so low that it's not worth taking the
possibility seriously.

--Gary