The root problem is that many FAA Inspectors are mindless
authoritarians. The bureaucrats band together to defend
their turf. The NTSB has too many political appointees with
no aviation experience. The result is stupid application of
the rules.

Phone, write and email the FAA and your Congressman.
Contact the AOPA and EAA, demand some changes, demand
sanity.

Just a quick sample from Google...land use map sparsely
populated 826,000 pages

[PDF] T. Kit 9-12/TG.1'99 File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat -
View as HTML
the size of each state is not related to the size of
the land area. ... the cartogram to the standard US map. 7.
Name a sparsely populated state other ...
www.census.gov/dmd/www/pdf/912ch1.pdf - Similar pages


SIZE IT UP(Map Literacy) Grades 9-10 Skills and Objectives
.... Use the two maps on page 5 (the US Population Cartogram
and the Standard US Map) to answer the ... Name a sparsely
populated state other than Montana. 8. ...
www.census.gov/dmd/www/text/9-12b.txt - 16k -
Cached - Similar pages


Web Sites Powered by ESRI Internet Solutions ... land use
information, historical maps, and more. The Atlas has a
powerful search function capable of finding locations even
in sparsely populated areas. ...
www.esri.com/software/internetmaps/index.html - 24k -
Cached - Similar pages


Zoning, CDFS-1265-99 He/she must have a thorough knowledge
of the zoning text and map and use these ... Another
reality, especially in sparsely populated areas, is staffing
and ...
ohioline.osu.edu/cd-fact/1265.html - 17k - Cached -
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Land Use Debate Land use research materials; Maps (Local,
regional, global) ... Have the students determine the common
factors of the sparsely populated areas. ...
http://www.wested.org/werc/earthsyst...y/landuse.html
- 10k - Cached - Similar pages

So the US government in the form of the Census Bureau
and the USDA and probably the Interior Department and
Defense Department all can provide maps that
define sparsely populated areas.

The FAA can be forced to follow established
definitions.




"Peter Duniho" wrote in
message ...
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| news:eAeyg.84403$ZW3.33597@dukeread04...
| Boy, will that ever slow down the IFR training routine.
And
| it will make the OPTION a real invitation to a
violation.
|
| Yup. As I mentioned earlier, technically speaking such
operations are
| illegal under 91.119. However, as I also mentioned
earlier, clearly the FAA
| sets aside that technicality for such operations, since
they not only allow
| them, they encourage them.
|
| But that doesn't mean that any random low approach is
legal, especially if
| not done for some FAA-sanctioned purpose.
|
| Pete
|
|