VOR-DME wrote:


I'm surprised they don't just assign a name or designator to this type of ODP,
the way they do with SID's, that you can just type into the form.


SIDs are air traffic procedures. ODPs are not, not even graphical ODPs.

This has always been a very weak area in pilot training because the
majority of CFI-Is, DPEs, and FAA FSDO inspectors don't understand it.

The FAA's current (2007) Instrument Procedures Handbook covers it quite
well.

http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/a...ures_handbook/