All that is absolutely fair enough and I agree, but we're talking an incident in Australian airspace and a new requirement (
AFAIK) in the Australian ATC Jepp section (page AU-805).
If you're in the middle of nowhere and don't feature on a screen somewhere then fair enough, but up and down the east coast of Aussie? Surely we have the capability and skill to do non standard levels quite safely. Surely??
Worlds best pract..............and all that.
Any comment from a controller?