On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 11:14:57 -0500, "Rob Montgomery"
wrote:

Let me make sure I understand this. The FAA wrote the rules, and the FAA
wrote the AIM. Therefore, the FAA must have determined that which is in the
AIM complied with the rules... until the FAA changes it's mind. So sayeth
the FAA. :-)


Or, more precisely, one hand of the FAA wrote the rules, while another
hand of the FAA wrote the AIM, and sometimes, the left hand doesn't
know what the right hand is doing.