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Whiteman airport (in Southern California) had a VOR A approach with a
GPS overlay (refered to as the GPS-A) for quite awhile. About 3 months
ago, it was changed to exclude the GPS part (dumb, IMHO). The good
news was that the other approach, now called GPS C, became useable (it
had been NOTAMed N/A). This approach is very useful when arriving
from the north although it is quite hard to get down from the enroute
MEA of 9-10,000 feet to ~ 5000 feet for the first leg of the approach.

Several weeks ago, in VFR, I asked for "the GPS C" approach while on
an IFR flight plan. The response was "Standby. I dont know if that
approach is available". By time the controller did his homework and
cleared me for the approach, I had 3000 feet to loose while on the
first leg.

Fast forward to yesterday, same scenario. This time, there is no
response to my request. 2 miles past the final approach course and
3000 feet too high, I say " I had requested the GPS-C approach". The
response? "Oh, I thought you wanted the GPS-A approach". Given that
there is no GPS-A approach, Id say that the SoCal controllers (who do
extraordinary work given the number of inept pilots I hear) need a
crash course (pardon the pun) in what approaches are out there.

Any suggestions from SoCal pilots on who to contact about this?

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