Originally Posted by
hawker750
OK altitude not height, I accept that. What you do not get 172 is that planning a decent below MSA when not positively identified by radar is not in any serious airline’s SOP’s. The original poster obviously was questioned, quite rightly, by ATC. If I had made such a basic error I do not thing I would advertise it here.
The rules of the game are that one stays at or above MSA until reaching a fix on either the approach or STAR. Wandering down from somewhere 40 or 50 miles North without regard to MSA is unbelievable.
I suppose people brought up with EGPWS ETC feel it is a substitute for airmanship.
A bit harsh but I would say it's true. I also expressed something similar.