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rjacobs · 02-21-2008, 05:24 PM

Just because the terrain is above 8k doesnt mean you necessarily need it. Is it in the FOM that anytime you fly over terrain of 8000 ft or higher you will have one or the other? Or is that just a number an instructor threw out. Remember you dont need it until you hit the ???????????(cant remember the name) altitude, FL230 or FL240. IF the performance software has figured out that from your cruising altitude of xxx and you canning an engine and drifting down to fl230 will put you in an area that is not 8000 ft, you probably dont need it and wont get it.

As far as the SHIPS vs. no SHIPS there are alot of airports that have that actually. PWM, PHL(I think), I've seen a few others as well. PHL actually has it on the ATIS I believe.

02-21-2008, 05:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
rjacobs ATP Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,452	Just because the terrain is above 8k doesnt mean you necessarily need it. Is it in the FOM that anytime you fly over terrain of 8000 ft or higher you will have one or the other? Or is that just a number an instructor threw out. Remember you dont need it until you hit the ???????????(cant remember the name) altitude, FL230 or FL240. IF the performance software has figured out that from your cruising altitude of xxx and you canning an engine and drifting down to fl230 will put you in an area that is not 8000 ft, you probably dont need it and wont get it. As far as the SHIPS vs. no SHIPS there are alot of airports that have that actually. PWM, PHL(I think), I've seen a few others as well. PHL actually has it on the ATIS I believe. __________________ I used to be forced to "Officially" have no stance on gojet, now that no I longer work for "The Holding Company", my "Official" stance is, well you know what that is and if not let me know ill explain it. Read your fuckin contract. Last edited by rjacobs; 02-21-2008 at 05:28 PM.