Originally Posted by
alfaman
That quote is incomplete - "...in response to unusual circumstances, which may not be covered by the procedures herein." That favoured quote is not permission to break rules which are covered within Mats Part 1, or indeed Part 2 - I've seen people come very unstuck misunderstanding that.
And 'unusual circumstances' doesn't include an aircraft being stuck at low level in cr@p weather at night asking a radar unit for an IFR climb then?