On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 01:56:42 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote in
:

I think he's right when he says it's redundant and wrong when he says it's
incorrect.

When I first read that, I was in agreement, but considering that a
pilot has the option to enter the pattern at his discretion from any
point, perhaps omitting the word 'left' might cause others to check
both downwind legs thus overcoming any ambiguity possibly introduced
by those pilots who don't know their right from their left.

On the other hand, if the FAA presenter was a true spokesman for
official policy, perhaps his admission, that the FAA considers the
congestion on the shared CFAF frequencies a safety concern, is
evidence that the FAA is powerless to petition the FCC for the
additional CTAF frequencies necessary to meet its federal mandate* to
insure safe skies.

*(Federal Aviation Act of 1958: "to ensure air safety." 49 U.S.C. §
44701(c): requiring Administrator to regulate "in a way that best
tends to reduce or eliminate the possibility or recurrence of
accidents in air transportation")