Dave S wrote in :

Bob F. wrote:

If you are below 3000' agl,
then the VFR cruising rule doesn't apply.


Is that a US only rule or universal? They refer to lots of lower
altitudes as flight levels over there in Europe where mx is..


It's common in many parts of the world, but it's not universal. Th eBirts
use a quadtrantal rule, for instance, and in some countries th edivision
isn't N/S but E/W (Spain, for one, and Sweden has some funky rules too.


Bertie