| I made a flight with a pilot who was deeply impressed with his EGPWS and terrain map displays. He too insisted that it would be an excellent escape tool. We had an empty leg in a location I knew, so I flew him to a point below the terrain in a valley with rising terrain, and asked him to identify his escape. He picked it out, and I flew him to the canyon entrance where he thought the drainage and lowering terrain would exist. Turns out it would have killed him. He changed his thoughts on the subject.
Hopefully you will have someone do the same for you before you attempt to predicate your terrain clearance on a moving map and EGPWS.
Situational awareness is the key.
Arriving at an altitude above 10,000 does not spell death for everyone on board. |