Re: Misleading Notam

On 2003-12-01 09:49:46 -0800, Greg Esres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

> One of our local pilots misunderstood a common Notam, as shown below.
> He thought the "ADD: From Shelby to RW 17: 3.52 degrees" meant add
> 3.52 degrees to the final approach course.
> 
> How reasonable do you think his interpretation?
> 
> (BTW, the notam just adds a descent gradient to a NP approach.)

I can see where one might interpret it that way.  But what the "ADD" means is
that you should ADD that note to the chart.  That 3.52 degrees is the "glide
path" angle from SHLBY to the missed approach point.

If there was a change to the final approach course, that would have been
explicitly stated.