"Tim J" wrote in
. net:

Again, I am not advocating "dive and drive" - my point was
that staying above the published altitudes was
questionable.

I'm beginning to think your judgment is questionable. The
stepdown fixes give only minimum altitudes, no maximum. That
means you can't go below, but can safely and legally be above,
the altitude. There is no requirement at all to be at a
stepdown altitude immediately, unless there is a line *above*
the altitude.

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Regards,

Stan