Why would someone choose to fly VFR on top?

Andrew Gideon wrote:

Newps wrote:


As to your question you would handle it
like any opther lost comm, that's why you were cleared to a point,
that's the point you will go to and then pick an approach and land, and
because there's no filed clearance you go right to the VOR and then
directly to whatever approach you want.


Perhaps I misunderstood, but I thought the VOR not near the destination
airport.

If a clearance is to an airport, I understand the "pick an
approach" ...um... approach. But it's when the clearance limit is to a
waypoint that's not an airport (ie. some VOR somewhere) that leaves me
puzzled. Recall that there's no specification within "the system" as to
the final destination in that case.

Well, you shouldn't accept a clearance limit without an EFC. And you
have your flight plan, so you fly to the clearance limit, hold until
your EFC and then proceed per your flight plan and fly an approach. At
least that is what I'd do.

Matt