"Peter R." wrote in message
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Steven P. McNicoll ) wrote:

A little more information would be helpful. From your description it
appears you were enroute to ELESE from PAGER, is that correct? Do you
know
if the VFR aircraft was also inbound to SYR?

Here's the chart, Steven:

http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0412/00411RY15.PDF

I was actually 5 miles east of PAGER, heading west towards that
waypoint. The other VFR aircraft was southbound direct to SYR airport
and crossing at 500 feet below us.

In hindsight and with the help of the more respectable answers
previously, I see now that there really was no reason for me to get
concerned about the altitude restriction, especially given the fact that
I still had 13 more minutes there. Make no mistake that I had no
problem adhering to the instruction, but I was simply curious about the
wording in which it was given.


It appears there was also no need for the altitude restriction at all. The
procedure didn't allow a descent below 3000' until ELESE anyway, so the
restriction was superfluous even if you had been IFR. Since you were both
VFR there was no need for the restriction since no VFR/VFR separation is
provided in that airspace.