Originally Posted by
Blip
Why should your authorities choose to create an operational environment where aircraft reference their altimiters to QNE while they are still capable of flying into hard bits of rock?
Some transition altitudes:
Australia 10,000 ft
USA 18,000 ft
Indonesia 18,000 ft
Japan 14,000 ft
NZ 13,000 ft
One thing they all have in common is they have chosen an altitude that is well above any of the highest terrain in their particular region.
While there is any risk of contact with terrain, pilots should reference their altimiters to Mean Sea Level. How can that not be utterly sensible?
Not true about USA. I gather that this applies to Alaska as well - and McKinley is well above transition altitude.