On my private checkride the examiner asked me about Class B, and specifically asked what I would do if I was told to fly a heading and altitude that headed me right for it, but didn't hear "cleared into...". He said a friend of his was recently busted for entering class B on a heading they assigned him. Seems like they'd rather have you avoid class B even if they direct you towards it (and if you can't clarify), if they don't give you the clearance.
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Originally Posted by tgrayson  The NTSB has ruled that if you have an assigned heading and altitude that takes you into the Class B, that's an implicit clearance into the airspace. Sounds like, however, you had the altitude, but no heading, so arguably you could have dodged the airspace if you had wanted to.
The fact that he assigned you an altitude still suggests that he intended you to enter the Class B airspace, because ATC lacks the authority to assign altitudes to VFR aircraft in Class E airspace. Still, I would have said (and do a lot) "Verify Class B Clearance for Cessna XXXXXX". |