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(Michael) wrote:
That sounds realistic. On the other hand, the controller has an option that is just as simple and not contrary to regulation. The option is a cruise clearance. That allows you to shoot any approach, which presumably includes the visual and preserves the option of shooting a SIAP if you don't get the airport in sight, or the contact if the vis isn't quite good enough for the visual. As somebody who flies mostly in the New York area, I've never gotten a cruise clearance in my life, so I'm not really up on the details. What happens if I get "Cleared to the White Plains airport, via direct, cruise 3000, frequency change approved, have a nice night"? For the moment, let's assume it's 2:00 AM and the tower is closed. I plug HPN into my GPS, climb to 3000, and keep turning the little airplane icon until the track and bearing say the same number. Then what? I need 1000 and 3 to fly a visual. 30 miles out, I tune in the ATIS and hear that the weather is 2500 & 10. I'm currently in IMC. When do I begin my descent out of 3000 for the visual? I'm guessing I can't and must shoot an instrument approach? OK, I decided to shoot the GPS-34 (http://www.myairplane.com/databases/.../HPN_agr34.pdf). At what point do I stop going direct HPN and start heading to TUGME (the IAF)? And when do I begin my descent out of 3000? I'm guessing only once I pass TUGME, so let's assume that for the moment. So, I start on down from TUGME, and quickly break out right at 2500 and see the airport. Can I then change my mind about flying the GPS-34 and switch to the visual? I'm guessing I can, so I make a right turn, heading 000, to get lined up for a straight-in to 29 (my preferred runway since it puts me closest to my parking spot). Halfway to the airport, I discover I made a poor choice in breaking off the GPS approach because suddenly I find myself in a rain shower and quickly after that, back in IMC at 2000. I'm not worried about terrain in the immediate vicinity because I know I'm above anything close, but I figure a climb back to the MSA makes sense anyway, so I do that. Now what? If I decide to climb to 3000 and head back to TUGME for another GPS approach, am I still operating within my cruise clearance? I guess the gist of my question is, does the cruise clearance let me fly a single approach, or does it let me stooge around in the vicinity of the airport trying multiple approaches until I get in or give up? |
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