"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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True enough. However, approach strongly "suggested" a course of 360
to avoid the MOA, because it was "hot".


Choosing to follow a suggestion is not being diverted.



I heard him working several F-16s out of Springfield, IL, as well as a
couple of unidentified other fighters (F-15s?). They had the airspace to
50,000 feet, so I wasn't gonna fly over it!


Did you consider going under it?

MOAs don't go above 18,000 feet, although they often have a similarly shaped
ATCAA overlying them.