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Old 24th May 2012, 12:22
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Funny you should say that, FullWings, a skipper for a major carrier told me a few years back about his fears that EGPWS terrain-mapping capability would inevitably be used precisely - and incorrectly - for that, and that there'd be an inevitable unhappy ending.
The word has been going around for quite a few years that some pilots use it to build their own IFR departure out of uncontrolled airports rather than use the FAA's published ODP (obstacle departure procedure). The FAA amended FAR 91.175 in June, 2010, to make this practice illegal for commercial operations.
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