Originally Posted by
roundsounds
I also see the requirement to fly at altitudes complying with the hemispherical rule (odds/evens plus 500’) starts at 3000’ AMSL instead of the current 5000’.
MSL or AGL? For what it's worth, it's above 3000ft AGL in the US and Canada. I had to look it up for Canada. Funny, a while back I got lectured by an unpleasant FSS troll in Whitehorse because I'd filed a flight plan for a generally south-east VFR flight at 3000 ft which was (according to her) not a legal altitude for my direction of flight. At the time, I'd just assumed she knew what she was talking about and the laws were different in Canada, so I changed it to 3500. With my new found knowledge, it turns out she was mistaken, in addition to unpleasant. Anyway, apologies for the digression. No idea what the reason for the change is in Oz, but I've never found it too burdensome in the US.