BOAC:
- not really - happens all the time in some places. Initial clearance climb and maintain xxx which is below MEA/MSA whatever. Quite common around the Alps. If you argue you stay on the ground, so you get airborne and ensure you are cleared higher when necessary. Just airmanship.
Thanks for the airmanship assistance. But, that isn't the issue here. The MEA is 10,500, the altitude assignment is 11,000, but the MTA is 11,800 if turning from V-264 to the west to V-197 to the NW. Do they have MTAs in the Alps?