SkyBoy1981
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FN FAL said:blah blah blah blah blah. So why prey tell is the MOCA on the chart to begin with?
And don't give me that 22 Nautical mile crap, cause they don't DELINIATE that distance on the freaking chart. Look at one, where do you see the 22 mile MOCA markings?...no where.
GRB offered MOCA, I TOOK IT. I can't help it if you never flew ifr except under a hood or with someone else who was responsible for the flight.
Real classy response there, sparky. I actually flew for 3 years as PIC in several turbine corporate aircraft prior to becomming a "regional puke", but thats neither here nor there. The 22nm is for radio reception only, as it states in the FAA's Instrument Flying Handbook. If one wishes to fly along in the soup only 1000ft above obstacles and terrain using only a GPS signal to keep them on the airway, I suppose you could fly around at MOCA. Is it legal? Sure, but is it smart? First off, what happens if you lose communications? According to the FAR's the absolute lowest altitude you can maintain after a loss of communications is MEA right? So now you're creating an unnecessary workload for yourself having to climb back to MEA while sorting out all of your other lost comm procedures. Then, as someone else mentioned, what happens if that almighty GPS craps out on you? Now you're stuck flying around in the blind until you can climb back up high enough to receive the VOR. I think the advice of any wise pilot would be to stay at or above MEA, unless safety prevents it. Perhaps you could use an ICC from someone, "regional puke" or not. Thanks for playing.
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