Altitude compliance is critical for aviation safety and airspace organization, with non-compliance being a top safety issue that can lead to pilot deviations.
"Pilot's Discretion" is an ATC tool, primarily in Center and Approach, allowing pilots flexibility in descent for efficiency and fuel saving, while still requiring adherence to specific crossing restrictions.
VFR flight in Class B airspace requires explicit ATC clearance and strict adherence to assigned altitudes (whether hard altitudes or "at or below/above" constraints) because ATC is required to separate all aircraft within it.
Altitude is aviation. From a simple paper airplane to the recently launched Artemis, anything that is above ground and moving has altitude and is essentially aviating. With altitude so important, how important is it for pilots to comply with altitudes, whether ATC assigned or from the regs or AIM?
Yeah, It’s Critical
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