Cruise clearance

Bill Gamelson wrote:

ATC can assign altitudes that are wrong for direction of flight.


This is true. The "East is least and West is best" only applies to VFR
flight. A good example is when I was flying East at 6000 and ATC instructed
me to climb to 7000. I was IFR at the time. I started picking up ice at
7000 and requested "lower". ATC then cleared me back down to 6000, not 5000
which they could have.



And IFR in uncontrolled airspace.

Matt

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
...
Bill Gamelson wrote:

ATC can assign altitudes that are wrong for direction of flight.


This is true. The "East is least and West is best" only applies to VFR
flight. A good example is when I was flying East at 6000 and ATC
instructed
me to climb to 7000. I was IFR at the time. I started picking up ice
at
7000 and requested "lower". ATC then cleared me back down to 6000, not
5000
which they could have.



And IFR in uncontrolled airspace.

What about lost-comm?

91.185(c)(2), "The highest of... (ii) The minimum altitude... for IFR
operations..

If you're on an airway, would that minimum altitude be the MEA or MOCA, or
would it be the MEA rounded up to a hemispherical altitude? And would you be
particularly concerned about that question in an actual IMC lost comm?

-- David Brooks