On Fri, 02 May 2008 07:25:22 -0700, Sam Spade
wrote:


They apparently missed the point that the NACO altitudes with an
underscore govern in any segment other than a precision final approach
segment.

Right. The underscore should _always_ grab a pilot's attention.

As you can see, as a paid subcriber I tried to help, but only revceived
rude treatment at their hands.

I don't think they even bothered to try to understand your point.

The NACO sloping line is cartographic license.

Just as it does where course reversals are depicted. I've never seen
a course reversal depicted where the slope made sense, so I always
read it as Cross "X" @ NNNN, descend to NNNN and cross "Y", then
descend to NNNN to cross "Z". I never assume the slope to mean
anything other than "descend", as opposed to "level" as depicted for
holds and some procedure turns.

I don't see why the "FLYING" folks were so confused.