Suffice it to say that a clearance prior to the new procedure does
not negate the TAA sectors, unless it were a vector to within the
intermediate segment.

Ok, this backs us up a few posts. ;-) I believe this to be
insupportable even in theory, not to mention contrary to ATC practice
and expectation.

I would appreciate your agreeing or disagreeing with the following
statements:

1) ATC has the right to clear me to any fix they choose, as long they
assign me an altitude at or above MVA/MIA, yes?

2) And it doesn't matter if my course happens to underlie any
published segment, such as an airway, feeder route, or IAP, because I
have an assigned altitude based on MVA, which assumedly meets 91.177
minimums and I'm not currently executing an IAP.

3) Once I arrive at that fix, if cleared for the approach, none of
the previous altitudes I flew while getting there suddenly become
illegal.



(As supporting evidence, the AIM says "Once cleared to fly the TAA,
pilots are expected to obey minimum altitudes depicted within the TAA
icons, unless instructed otherwise by air traffic control." This is
clearly permissive.)