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Old 25th Aug 2019, 14:51
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US airlines transition Alt / level SOPs

Hope someone can help.

having spent my entire life on short haul I now find myself operating into the USA.

In the UK we select transition Alt/ fl as soon as we are cleared to it (deviation from EU rules).

my company says we still set as we are cleared (as long as there are no planned FL restrictions) so I could be cleared for a STAR just after TOD and select QNH as soon as the cruise FL is vacated.

interested in what you guys do as if you set within 1,000’ of Transition (which is what we used to do) then we will be descending on a different altimeter setting above transition level?

Thanks in advance
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