Re the report, ATC never delegates Responsibility for Terrain Clearance to the pilot.
The keyword "visual" is found wanting when the pilot & atc agree on 6,000'.
Also ATC doesn't give a 'clearance' to 6,000'. He says '6,000 copied'. Doesn't sound like a clearance to me. Have to say they approved the right orbit after that.
Last edited by Radix; 1st Aug 2012 at 21:44.