wrote:

Prior to the new change a clearance direct to DOCAP would have
required
a course reversal. No one was doing that, though, thus the pressure
for
the change.

But the TAA has had a NoPT sector for a straight-in ever since its
inception.

As far as I can tell, this new rule only affects Non-TAA RNav
approaches.


The new procedure does not exclude RNAV IAPs with TAAs.

You are correct, though, that prior to the new procedure with a TAA I
could have gone straight-in if cleared direct to DOCAP anywhere within
the straight-in TAA sector. I could not have accepted an altitude of
less than 2,800 in that case, though.

Then, there are TAA straight-in sectors at other locations with
subsectors that must be satisfied before "NoPT" is authorized.

Seems like some unintended consequences at play here.