Just because you have the chart with the latest date on it does not mean it is correct. Conversely, having an old chart does not mean that your intended route has had any changes. I used the Howie Okeef chart system for several years. They send you the changes on a single, albeit large, sheet of paper. Even after several months went by, I would find that in most cases There were no changes that affected my IFR route, including departure point and destination. Now that is said, I see our nation being inundated with microwave and cell
phone towers. Some of these never get charted, and others end up many months before the changes are charted. We are back to the PIC's responsibility to gather all pertinent data for the intended flight. If you do your honest best to be prepared, I do not believe you will ever have a problem with the dates on your charts. I recall an ABS fly-in in Houston about ten years ago where a few FAA inspectors asked if they could do ramp checks. They proceeded to write violations due to outdated charts. In short order, a couple of phone calls were made, and the FAA inspectors "left the scene" and no more was heard of the violations. During several years of flying freight and people around this continent, the only time I had trouble with ramp checks was when a disgruntled employee or competitor called the infamous 800 number and reported a supposed violation. I say again, do your best, be polite and courteous, and you will not have a problem. Lynn
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