Confusion about when it's my navigation, and when it's ATC

On 2007-01-03, Mxsmanic wrote:
Pixel Dent writes:

I think I read this section before; this paragraph sounds familiar. I
always get instructions to "maintain," though. What's the phraseology
when I get a block of altitudes? Or does it even happen with
frequency in real life? How do I request it (or do I even need to
request it)?

From a flight today, west of Billings, MT:

N12345: Unable to maintain 16,000 for turbulence.
ATC: N12345 maintain between 14,000 and 16,000

or you can just request it directly:

N12345: Request block altitude between 15,000 and 17,000.
ATC: N12345 maintain block altitude between 15,000 and 17,000.

-Milen

Milen Lazarov writes:

or you can just request it directly:

N12345: Request block altitude between 15,000 and 17,000.
ATC: N12345 maintain block altitude between 15,000 and 17,000.

I'll try that, thanks.

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Milen Lazarov wrote:
On 2007-01-03, Mxsmanic wrote:

Pixel Dent writes:

I think I read this section before; this paragraph sounds familiar. I
always get instructions to "maintain," though. What's the phraseology
when I get a block of altitudes? Or does it even happen with
frequency in real life? How do I request it (or do I even need to
request it)?


From a flight today, west of Billings, MT:

N12345: Unable to maintain 16,000 for turbulence.
ATC: N12345 maintain between 14,000 and 16,000

Yep, we had severe and extreme turbulence pireps near the mountains
today. Bad day to fly anywhere but east from here.

On 2007-01-04, Newps wrote:

Yep, we had severe and extreme turbulence pireps near the mountains
today. Bad day to fly anywhere but east from here.

Yep, the ice was not nice either. Seems that tomorrow will be better
so I might get home. :-)