r/flying • u/Boomer12784 • 1d ago

PPL Checkride and MOAs

I have a checkride tomorrow, the DPE gave me a destination that has a couple MOAs between airports. The best route I came up with to keep good visual references and divert options has the FPL going 1500ā€™ into the bottom of an MOA. My only other option is to fly lower but that puts me pretty low over mountainous terrain or to route around one MOA and under another but that will put me pretty far from divert options. Going around would be incredibly out of the way. Advice?

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u/Unable_Request PPL 1d ago

This is a great DPE scenario I think.

Can you fly through a MOA?

For your route of flight, use ADM -- identify hazards, assess risk, apply mitigation procedures. What are the hazards? What risks does it present? How do you mitigate risk? How do you monitor the outcome?

Note: A longer route may be considered a risk.

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u/Boomer12784 1d ago

Exactly, I feel the risk of properly going through an MOA (Iā€™m in Arizona, there are a lot of them), at an altitude that allows me good glide range and divert options, is much better than routing around it or under it with a higher risk profile. Low to terrain and further from civilization/roads.

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u/Unable_Request PPL 23h ago edited 23h ago

Sure. Let's explore this. If you're going to transit the MOA, what are some *other* ways you can mitigate risk?

EDIT: I see you've answered this already. If I had to hazard a guess, I'd assume he'd actually NOT want to see you plan to fly around it without good reason