On Aug 18, 8:17 pm, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Tim Hanke wrote:
Mike McCarron, MC, climbed to 18,000 ft and was hoping that through
Albany's Control Tower, Boston Center could be contacted for a wave
window. It was disappointing to hear Albany come back on the radio and
request that he return to flight level 16.5.

I'm curious about the reason for the request to go to FL165. Is there
Class A or some other Flight Level type airspace in that area that is
below 18,000 msl?


No, we only have class C 30 miles south of us. We have never had a
wave window
established beacuse our previous alittudes never exceeded 16,000 ft.
We should
have had a window established incase we had these type conditions. MC
still had
2 knots of clim at 18,000 ft. Our guess is 20 to 22 k would have been
possible. You
are correct that he didn't have to go down to 16.5 but I am sure he
was trying to
comply with hopes of getting the clearance.








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