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OK. I confess that I don't see the logic behind so many changes in
Class E altitudes; some people at the FAA must have a lot of time on
their hands.



Most student pilots - those with a constructive attitude - try to learn
and understand before challenging and criticizing. There is certainly much
to criticize in the way aviation authorities do what they do, and there are
indeed a few things which simply appear to defy any rational approach to
comprehension. However, without having acquired even the most rudimentary
piloting skills or knowledge, one would be in a very poor position to
identify these issues, much less to make serious suggestions for
improvement.

Learning the nomenclature, color code and symbol legend of a VFR chart is
one of the most rudimentary piloting skills - whether you are flying a
sim or a training aircraft - if you haven't acquired this you are not
even ready to begin learning about flying. It's easy. An hour with any of
the excellent beginning aviation texts available and you will have most of
it. Another hour's review a week later and you'll only have to look at the
legend every once in a while to remember.

After this, anyone can have a question about class E surface areas, and
their relation to weather reporting, or those pesky "Presidential" areas
that show up on sectionals, but are never really explained - and people
here will galdly offer answers. But asking what a magenta circle is
indicates a real lack of interest in flying - this combined with
criticism for the way the FAA does things indicates a perverse attitude
toward flying.

GF