So let me get this absolutely clear.
Example : WLO 3C into LGW for 26L.
I am on the star, cleared to FL 130 to be level GWC. Then given a radar heading of say 080 which takes me just south of GWC and cleared FL 110.
Can you confirm that there is no need to make 130 by ABEAM GWC.
I have always assumed that one still needed to be 130 passing GWC.
Another vagary of the english language - 'by'. Be level 'by'. There are 17 definitions in the Oxford dictionary.
Meaning 1 : Be level by the the time you get there.
Meaning 2 : Be level as you pass by.
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