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"Chip Jones" wrote
(d) The controller doesn't know about cruise clearances I say "d" with a twist: The controller knows there is something in the book about a cruise clearance, but doesn't know how a cruise clearance works. I agree. This is exactly what I'm talking about - he knows that cruise clearances exist - meaning he heard the term somewhere, probably in training - but he doesn't actually know anything ABOUT cruise clearances, in the sense that he would be able to use them. This seems most likely to me, since the controller also doesn't know how a visual approach works either... I think that's a bit unfair. He probably issues visual approaches properly under normal circumstances. This is a special circumstance. He COULD be an ass about it - keep the plane at an altitude high enough to assure radio comms and force the pilot to accept the resulting slam dunk - or cancel IFR. Instead, he's doing what makes sense. The problem is that he doesn't know the correct phraseology to accomplish this, and as a result he's breaking regs because he doesn't know the correct magic word to use. Are the regs unnecessarily complicated? This is a guy who talks to airplanes issuing instructions and clearances 40+ hours a week, every week. If he can't keep all the regs straight, what sort of chance does a weekend pilot have? Michael |
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