On 01/11/06 10:22, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Mark Hansen" wrote in message
...

Obviously. I thought the issue was what if no update is forthcoming from
ATC. For example, if the frequency is too busy.


That implies a high traffic area. You don't tend to find nonradar methods
used in high traffic areas, you tend to find radar in those areas.



If you have a clearance limit (which is not your destination airport) and
your radios are working, and you've reached the clearance limit fix, and
you've been unable to get a new clearance limit from ATC, then you'd
better hold.


Why? The controller said no delay was expected, he analyzed the traffic
situation and resolved a problem with a paper stop. He anticipated clearing
me beyond that point before I reached it. There could be traffic following
me at the same altitude. If I enter a hold where none was anticipated I
could be creating a problem where none exists.



But unless the controller clears you beyond that fix (which in this case,
he did not) and you're not following the Radio Failure procedures (which
in this case you are not) then you must hold.

Are you suggesting that when cleared to a fix that is not the destination
airport, that you never need to hold at that fix unless ATC comes back and
specifically tells you to?



--
Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane
Sacramento, CA