Dave
what I meant is in the Ops Specs of an AOC it is defined whether they are MNPS, RNP, RVSM, ILS CAT II etc certificated, and apparently there was no RVSM authorization by the state issuing the AOC. so after FL280 next level is FL310 and after FL290 next is FL330 (semi-circ rule).
so by entering 'W' in item 10, of ICAO FPL they -falsely- declared to ATC they were RVSM certificated, so ATC granted the request for FL300.
Last edited by vmandr; 27th Dec 2016 at 22:29.
Reason: typos, icao fpl