wrote:
The new procedure does not exclude RNAV IAPs with TAAs.

I know, but it appears it is irrelevant for TAA's.

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.

And why is that? "Skyhawk 1234X, cleared direct to DOCAP, maintain
2,100 until established, cleared RNAV 18 Olive Branch."

Since DOCAP is and has always been labeled as an IAF, how is this any
different from being given MVA direct to any other IAF on non-RNAV
approaches, something that is done a thousand times every day?


Yes, but on thoese thousands of other IAPs, you are not in a published
segment of the approach. In the case of the OLV RNAV 36 you are within
a giant initial approach "segment" (the right and left base TAA sectors
are feeder "routes"), thus once cleared for the approach you are
operating below the minimum segment altitude while on a published IAP
segment. You don't do that on the thousands of other IAPs.