"Sam Spade" wrote in message
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No, it is not.


Then you'll have to explain why it's a giant load of crap.



You're right about aviation issues that are not addressed by a body of
TSOs, ACs, and ARINC documents. That absense is the not the case with IFR
equipment and operations.


It's not the case with IFR equipment and operations that are required to
conform with a TSO or an AC by an FAR. It is the case with IFR equipment
and operations that are not.