lilflyboy262...2
My understanding is that they are responsible for your terrain clearance while IFR. It is our responsibility to comply as far as able with those requests.
The request for this new lower altitude came from the crew. Shouldn´t be some thinking and sense before requesting? And also before complying with an ATC request?
And obviously the crew was not able to comply with their own request granted by ATC, as the flight ended in the mountains.
Or am i misssing something?