rick@apple.UUCP (Rick Auricchio) (03/10/86)
-------- [] >In article <5504@kestrel.ARPA> ladkin@kestrel.ARPA (Peter Ladkin) writes: > >In the SF Bay Area, there is a slam-dunk (Bay Approach term, not mine) >that is frequently used on commercial aircraft into SFO, where they >bring them into the TCA from above, and right down on the GS. That's how jets were originally *supposed* to be brought into TCAs, from the top. Of course, it isn't often the way things are done. >I've also had a Bay Approach controller cancel a VFR-on-top plan >for me as soon as I was clear-of-clouds. Never mind 500 feet. >Never mind a request. Rather rude of him, but you probably could've refused the cancellation if you were uncomfortable. -- {decwrl,hplabs,ihnp4}!nsc!apple!rick N1150G (408) 973-4227 Work is for people who don't know how to fly. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my employer.