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• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 16-34
  Chapter 16: Navigation › Flight Diversion

  Flight Diversion There may come a time when a pilot is not able to make it to the planned destination. This can be the result of unpredicted weather conditions, a system malfunction, or poor preflight planning. In any case ... pilot needs to be able to safely and efficiently divert to an alternate destination. Risk management procedures become a priority during any type of flight diversion and should be used the pilot. For example, the hazards of inadvertent VFR into…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 3-5-7
  Chapter 3. Airspace › Section 5. Other Airspace Areas › 3-5-5. Published VFR Routes

  Transition Routes. 1. To accommodate VFR traffic through terminal airspace, VFR Transition Routes were developed. A VFR Transition Route is defined as a specific flight course depicted and described on a TAC and/or VFR Flyway Planning Chart. Communication with ... where the route transitions Class B, Class C, and/or Class D airspace is required. In addition to communication requirements, a clearance is required to operate in Class B airspace. VFR Transition Routes may include published altitudes or ATC-assigned altitudes…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 5-4-28
  Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 4. Arrival Procedures › 5-4-6. Approach Clearance

  aircraft which has been cleared to a holding fix and subsequently “cleared . . . approach” has not received new routing. Even though clearance for the approach may have been issued prior to the aircraft reaching the holding fix, ATC would expect ... pilot to proceed via the holding fix (his/her last assigned route), and the feeder route associated with that fix (if a feeder route is published on the approach chart) to the initial approach fix (IAF) to commence the approach. WHEN…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 5-1-14
  Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 1. Preflight › 5-1-6. Flight Plan - IFR Flights

  NOTE-When route of flight is described by radio fixes, the pilot will be expected to fly a direct course between the points named. 7. Pilots are reminded that they are responsible for adhering to obstruction clearance requirements on those ... segments of direct routes that are outside of controlled airspace and ATC surveillance capability. The MEAs and other altitudes shown on IFR en route charts pertain to those route segments within controlled airspace, and those altitudes may not meet obstruction…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 5-3-22
  Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 3. En Route Procedures › 5-3-5. Airway or Route Course Changes

  requires visual contact with the ground or water at all times. 2. Segments of VOR airways and high level routes in Canada are based on L/MF navigation aids and are charted in brown color instead of blue on en route ... charts. FIG 5-3-1 Adhering to Airways or Routes 5-3-5. Airway or Route Course Changes a. Pilots of aircraft are required to adhere to airways or routes being flown. Special attention must be given to this requirement…

• Instrument Procedures Handbookp. 2-52
  Chapter 2: En Route Operations › Diversion Procedures

  Diversion Procedures OpSpecs for commercial operators include provisions for en route emergency diversion airport requirements. Operators are expected to develop a sufficient set of emergency diversion airports, so that one or more can be reasonably expected to be available ... flight must be able to make a safe landing, and the airplane maneuvered off of the runway at the selected diversion airport. In the event of a disabled airplane following landing, the capability to move the disabled airplane must exist…