"Roy Smith" wrote in message
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The problem comes in when you're on a random route such as direct to
the IAF/FAF. You can be between two airways converging on the IAF,
both of which are marked NoPT (and at the same altitude marked for
those routes), and yet you're not on a NoPT segment yourself. I think
most people would agree that it's reasonable to assume that not doing
a PT in this case is perfectly safe. The question which leads to
endless debate is whether it's legal or not.


How did you come to be on that random route? You say you're not on an
airway, so you must be either within usable navaid limits or in radar
contact. If you're within usable navaid limits, why isn't the route also
published with a NoPT? If you're in radar contact, why weren't you vectored
for the approach, which would negate flying the PT?