Originally Posted by
Purplewaste2021
Vacating a flight level to ATC ? That’s only for a non radar environment in North American airspace. No other airline does anything remotely close to that or has an FOM carry over rule from the 1980s
Might want to recheck that before shouting that too loud.
AIM 5-3-3
Additional Reports- The following reports should be made to ATC or FSS facilities without a specific ATC request:
- At all times.
- When vacating any previously assigned altitude or flight level for a newly assigned altitude or flight level.