Flight Level and a half

Is there a proper phraseology for reporting leaving 33,500? The AIM
doesn't say; it always assumes you're at a whole number flight level.

"Scott Draper" wrote in message
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Is there a proper phraseology for reporting leaving 33,500? The AIM
doesn't say; it always assumes you're at a whole number flight level.

Why can't you say FL 335? After all 33,000ft is FL 330.

Uh....if you're between 18K and 60K in the US, then you are required
to be on an IFR flight plan, hence only at even number altitudes.
33,500 is inappropriate.

Blanche wrote:
Uh....if you're between 18K and 60K in the US, then you are required
to be on an IFR flight plan, hence only at even number altitudes.
33,500 is inappropriate.

Number one that's wrong. Number two that wasn't the point of the question.

On 9/23/05 7:13 PM, in article , "Blanche"
wrote:

Uh....if you're between 18K and 60K in the US, then you are required
to be on an IFR flight plan, hence only at even number altitudes.
33,500 is inappropriate.

I was eastbound here in Georgia the other day on an IFR flight plan, at
8ooo, as requested by ATC. A westbound AC passed below me and had heard that
I was at 8000 and petulantly asked ATC why. I fully expected ATC to answer
that it was for noise abatement...

....the noise of his aircraft and mine colliding head on.
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"Blanche" wrote in message
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Uh....if you're between 18K and 60K in the US, then you are required
to be on an IFR flight plan, hence only at even number altitudes.
33,500 is inappropriate.


That's not correct. You're required to be on an IFR flight plan in Class A
airspace, but not all airspace between 18K and 60K in the US is Class A.

By the way, 33,500 IS an even number.

In a previous article, "Steven P. McNicoll" said:
"Blanche" wrote in message
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Uh....if you're between 18K and 60K in the US, then you are required
to be on an IFR flight plan, hence only at even number altitudes.
33,500 is inappropriate.
That's not correct. You're required to be on an IFR flight plan in Class A
airspace, but not all airspace between 18K and 60K in the US is Class A.

By the way, 33,500 IS an even number.

Plus 33,500 is a perfectly valid altitude on an IFR flight plan if you're
climbing, descending, VFR-OTP, given a block altitude or on a cruise
clearance.


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"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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In a previous article, "Steven P. McNicoll"
said:
"Blanche" wrote in message
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Uh....if you're between 18K and 60K in the US, then you are required
to be on an IFR flight plan, hence only at even number altitudes.
33,500 is inappropriate.
That's not correct. You're required to be on an IFR flight plan in Class
A
airspace, but not all airspace between 18K and 60K in the US is Class A.

By the way, 33,500 IS an even number.

Plus 33,500 is a perfectly valid altitude on an IFR flight plan if you're
climbing, descending, VFR-OTP, given a block altitude or on a cruise
clearance.

VFR On Top at 33,500?

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Blanche" wrote in message

Uh....if you're between 18K and 60K in the US, then you are required
to be on an IFR flight plan, hence only at even number altitudes.
33,500 is inappropriate.

That's not correct. You're required to be on an IFR flight plan in Class A
airspace, but not all airspace between 18K and 60K in the US is Class A.

By the way, 33,500 IS an even number.

My bad. I meant all thousands, not the half thousands that we're
used to in VFR.

Second my bad...what airspace in the US 18K and 60K is not
Class A? Not counting the big mountain in Washington state. (sorry,
can't remember the name)

"Blanche" wrote in message
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Second my bad...what airspace in the US 18K and 60K is not
Class A?


There's no Class A airspace over Hawaii, the Alaska Peninsula west of
longitude 160° 00' 00" West, the California islands Santa Barbara and
Farallon, and the Florida keys south of latitude 25° 04' 00" North.



Not counting the big mountain in Washington state. (sorry, can't remember
the name)


I think you mean Alaska. The highest point in the contiguous states is
California's Mt. Whithey at 14,494 feet. The airspace above 18,000' but
less than 1,500 feet above the surface of the earth in Alaska is not Class
A.