Did I miss or misunderstand something?
If my planned or nominated altitude was to be 2000ft, the poll doesn't allow me to vote for zero (000ft) deviation because I flew at that altitude - is that right?
I'm with you, in CTA which is seldom, I fly the numbers, that way I can find other traffic in front of me at the correct height, by drifting down a tad I'll have them instantly on the horizon, if others are given me as traffic from behind me, I'll just drift up a tad fifty is all it takes for them to see me, then back on line.
But as before with x country wind is everything. Into wind, usually be on the deck keep straight - read a book and pop up a couple of hours or so later at the ETA of being able to ID a known position, sometimes you will find a pressure wave down low which needs avoiding, and downwind in these parts it is either 300 to 500 agl or 1700 to 2200 agl is quite usual where a small pressure wave can be found.
Though there is one area not far from here where very strong Sou Eaters can be found during winter time at between 5000 and 6500 at 50 to 70 knots and about 200 x 150 nautical miles in extent. They have brought plenty of F/W undone. That sort of local knowledge was always passed on from the local FSU when we had them, now people find out the hard way because it usually isn't on the forecast.
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