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Re: contact approach
Posted: 06-26-2009, 01:18 PM
NU wrote: "Clearing a pilot for a contract approach does not authorize the pilot to descend below his last assigned altitude untl they have the airport in sight".
Yes it does:
7110.65 Par 7-4-6
NOTE: When executing a contact approach, the pilot is responsible for maintaining the required flight visibility, cloud clearance, and terrain/obstruction clearance. Unless otherwise restricted, the pilot may find it necessary to descend, climb, and/or fly a circuitous route to the airport to maintain cloud clearance and/or terrain/obstruction clearance. It is not in any way intended that controllers will initiate or suggest a contact approach to a pilot.
The question to ask is... Why is there a requirment for a published/functioning approach procedure in the first place?
KNOWING THIS , as opposed to taking someone's word for why that requirement exists would lead to effective discussion on the "morality".
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