----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven P. McNicoll"

Where? I can't find a description of "final" anywhere in AC 90-66A. The
Pilot/Controller Glossary defines "final" as "commonly used to mean that
an
aircraft is on the final approach course or is aligned with a landing
area."


Paragraph 8e states the turn to base leg should commence 45 degrees from the
threshold, which requires final to be the approximately as long as the
downwind is from the runway.



No, it says maneuvering for and execution of the approach SHOULD
be completed so as not to disrupt the flow of arriving and departing
traffic. This is not the only inconsistency to be found between advisory
material and the FARs. Keep in mind that ACs are not regulatory while
the FARs are.

Where is AC 90-66 inconsistant with the FARs?