Is a flight violating FAA minimums if its profile intersects a reference profile?
The FlightProfilerâ„¢ Minimum Profile does not represent a FAA-minimum (regulatory) boundary. Although FAA minimums are calculated in the profile, there are too many interacting factors to represent a “legal” minimum line. As such, intersecting this line does not represent that FAA regulations are being broken or that the flight is taking unnecessary risk. However, it does represent that risk is high and that the flight parameters should be double-checked and challenged.