The smoke and mirrors in the SUP are at their most acrid and dazzling with these weasel words:
The pilot must request the operation which is VFR on entering Class E.
’scuse me? Exactly through what mechanism does the flight change to VFR? Pilot choice? Or are the rules of the flight somehow deemed to have changed as a consequence of the request merely for ‘IFR pick-up’. Big,
big difference in outcomes for pilot responsibility and the validity of the SUP.
And could someone explain to me the intended difference between: “should” request; “may not” initiate; “must” request; “must” .. fly; “will” receive. Does “should” mean may or must? Does “may not” mean must not or should not? Does “will receive” mean AA must provide?
