Originally Posted by
Dick Smith
Never been able to bring in low level E like the USA .
One of the reasons is that CASA have done everthing they can to undermine the FAA system where in the US an IFR planned aircraft can climb in VMC in E without a clearance .
In Aus CASA insists that if you have filed an IFR plan and given a taxiing call you are IFR and therefore can’t enter E , even in VMC , without an IFR clearance.
This prevents the fantastic NAS system from working as designed.
Sheer bastardry
....and then what happens when someone calls up the FSS for a clearance on the ground (which may I add, is the recommended and most commonly used method in the States)...
Anyone who has done some flying over there knows that the pilot will be issued a clearance, given a clearance void time, and until that time, that uncontrolled aerodrome is treated as one in-one out for all aircraft IFR/SVFR going in...
I bet you wouldn't like to be told that you can't go into Bathurst because a training Duchess has just called up for a clearance and has effectively closed the surrounding Class E @ BTH for all IFR and SVFR a/c. Can't imagine Rex would like the sound of that either.
Can't have the best of both worlds Dick!