"Ben Hallert" wrote in message
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The class B floor is 500? Sounds like a recipe for some sort of
airspace version of scud running, which in turns sounds like a great
way to have unrecoverable stalls/engine outs, controlled flight into
terrain/water.

New Orleans has that also... As long as you're over the lake at less than
whatever the floor is (500-600 ft, if I remember correctly), you don't have
to talk to ATC and possibly end up getting routed to BFE (no, I'm not
talking about Terry County Airport in Texas)... I usually flew it at around
200-300 ft... No big deal... If you can't maintain your altitude well enough
to do this, you probably shouldn't be flying anyway... Either that or just
talk to the controllers and you'll get a chance to tour BFE...