What do you do in the real world?

In article , Tim
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Yes, I understand that. And they gave you that clearance limit because
that is what you requested from them - when you filed. That is the end
of your flight and they gave you a clearance to there. It is not a
clearance to hold there is it? Because what you are arguing is that you
really only have a clearance to circle the airport every time you get
a clearance that starts with "cleared to xxx airport" and ends in
"...direct."


No, that is not what I am arguing. I have never said any such thing
(because that's clearly ridiculous).

You are. You state that you are going to your clearance limit - which
is the airport, THEN, you have to go somewhere else then back to the
airport which was your clearance limit.

That is not the same thing as circling the airport, which is what you
said.

I draw your attention to FAR 91.181(b) and 91.185(c)(3)(ii) which seem
to me to support my position that if your clearance is direct to an
airport and you lose comm in IMC you are supposed to fly to (i.e. over)
the airport first, THEN to an IAF, then land.

We both seem to agree that this would be a stupid thing to do. So could
you please either 1) cite the reg that says that a direct clearance to
an airport is in fact a direct clearance to some unspecified IAF for
that airport or 2) admit that the procedure that we both agree would be
the prudent course of action in fact violates the regs?

rg