Originally Posted by
India Four Two
I fly aeoplanes from the dark ages. My transponder always says 1200’.
PS All this nonsense and confusion would go away, if the transition altitude was 18,000', like on this side of the pond.
1200 = autonomous fighter operations !!!
Everywhere but North America mostly use 7000 "VFR, own navigation".
(Yes I do know the differences in practices between N.America and the rest of the world, but this particular one is funny and has occasionally embarrassed somebody who first learned to fly in the USA particularly).
G