SeeAndAvoid wrote:



Regardless, I still dont see the "necessary" part of the PT in this
scenario. Ya, I know that's only in the AIM, but how would you
be able to defend that part if you were set up a mile outside of
the IAF on the radial, or 10 miles, or 100 miles out. I can easily
see an FAA attorney using this argument.

There has been a project underway for several years now to authorize direct-to
straight-ins from an intermediate fix (which is what the fix in question really
is), with a 90 degree course change limitation and an MVA or MIA assignment
compatible with descent gradient requirements.

It's anyone's guess when the proposal will see the light of day, but it is
progressing..slowly.