Originally Posted by
rsvpInBright
I hope I'm not being wound up too much. It's useful to argue about the regulations.
Navigation below the LSALT using dead reckoning is also illegal, but the statement:
Note 4. The pilot in command is responsible for ensuring that : a. terrain clearance is assured until reaching either en route LSALT or departure aerodrome MSA;
has to override the prohibition on using IFR waypoints for navigation below the LSA, otherwise there would be no way whatsoever for the pilot to navigate (dead reckoning is OK but GPSNav is not??).
Dealt with that one (cynic). Interested in your "...other things".
You are quoting a note that just says you have to not hit hills while you climb, common sense stuff, and not a rule. It is how you ensure that terrain clearance that is the point in the CASR that say all operations below LSALT must be adherence to an approved procedure or visual in Day VMC. An approved procedure for arrival is a prescribed approach or radar vectoring etc etc, departure may be an approved SID, CDP or such. The overall pub test is that if you depart and hit something or infringe low flying rules by having a near miss with terrain then you can be charged all the way until you are above an appropriate MSA/LSALT. Otherwise your crash comic will be 'hit terrain whilst operating at an unsafe level in IMC'. Leaving the only real way to safely operate in the vicinity of YPOK below IFR LSALTs is in Day VMC.