Hold at VOR for 2v2

However, if when you lead the turn you are within the positional
tolerance of both the initial and final courses, yes

That begs the question. Like saying you're in the protected area if
you stay in the protected area. ;-)

I know of no rule that makes it illegal to do so

Fixes are defined on charts with certain DME or cross radials. By
definition, you're not there until you have those distances or
centered cross radials.

That could easily be interpreted as a regulation forbidding leading
turns.

Whether it passes checkrides depends on whether the check pilot has
the same take on it.

Documentation makes this more likely.

However, if when you lead the turn you are within the positional
tolerance of both the initial and final courses, yes

That begs the question. Like saying you're in the protected area if
you stay in the protected area. ;-)


Well, your instruments aren't a "yes/no" "you're at the fix" thing. They are a
"close, closer, past but still close, past and further away" thing. So you do
know whether or not you are within both airways. Once there, I'd say you're
good to go.

For example, you're following CMK 243, and it intersects SBC 11 at your
intersection. As you watch SBC 11's needle come in, you'll know you're ten
degrees from center, five degrees from center, etc. Once you are within the
airway, you can turn.

At least that's my story and I"m sticking to it.

Jose

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