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DRVSM should be interesting... we have been using RVSM in Oceanic Airspace for some time, I think since 2000, maybe 2001. Not sure on the exact date... what's amazing is that when we started using it you thought, hey... I have twice as many altitudes... now a few years later we are out of altitudes over the ocean on busy days and ya say ... "how did I do this without RVSM ???" LOL...SELCAL checks said:I've already seen some RVSM action domestically. While over land in the US, I've crossed 1000 above or below other traffic in the Boston, New York, and Washington Centers after both my aircraft and the other traffic were queried about RVSM equipment and qualification. This has been happening for several months. Guess it depends on what sector you're in, and whether the controller has been trained and the equipment has been updated.
Radar sectors that border Oceanic airspace have waivers to operate RVSM, they transition the traffic to and from oceanic. This covers all the centers on the east coast (ZBW, ZNY, ZDC, ZJX, ZMA). They also run traffic on the AR routes, VS routes, etc RVSM. The offshore radar routes are also RVSM, if any of you guys have been rerouted out over AZEZU (from NY metro) during swap to get to points south, that is all RVSM airspace, you must be /W or /Q to fly out there.
I think 01/20/2005 is the date to start DRVSM, that is just from memory... don't quote me on that.
Maybe not... in Oceanic if there is a report of Mod Tub then RVSM is suspended on that route UFN...SELCAL checks said:Also, there's no freakin way they're going to be able to use RVSM with much regularity over the Rockies with all the dang mountain wave out there.