AIMing Higher

Given the many things to anxiously anticipate in life, the twice-yearly AIM updates do not likely make the list. Grinding through all that turgid prose behind the update is probably even less popular than updating your Jepp charts, if youve ever done that.

Key Takeaways:

• The FAA implemented "climb-via" clearances and clarified speed adjustment terminology ("resume normal speed," "resume published speed"), streamlining ATC instructions and emphasizing pilot compliance with published procedure restrictions.
• Pilots are now responsible for conventional (manual) verification of navigation aid identifiers, and the AIM explains magnetic course discrepancies between VOR and RNAV systems due to varying magnetic variation sources, reiterating the precedence of published charts.
• New guidance defines Computer Navigation Fixes (CNFs) as advisory-only points for RNAV, with specific identifier conventions, and refines charting symbols for flyover/flyby waypoints and Missed Approach Waypoints (MAWPs).

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