Originally Posted by
Merkel
Your thoughts?
My thought is that there is no other issue within part135 (or 91, for that matter) that is more convoluted and misunderstood than ODP's/when to fly them,etc. Give a scenario to a dozen charter pilots in the crew lounge and you'll get a dozen
different answers...that is, unless many of them stammer and bit...look at their watch...and say,"uhhhh...I gotta go".
I'm not saying this as an authority on the subject - far from it - I'm just amazed that there are so few clear, consise answers on a subject so important as clearing obstacles immediately after takeoff. All of the FAA's lawyer-speak, which invariably gets interpreted and misinterpreted differently by different FSDO's, POI's, and Pilots only serves to complicate the matter.
Maybe it is just me, but judging by the many different opinions and thoughts by various different posters that always arise when this subject comes up, I'd say that there is plenty of confusion on the subject.