I support therequest.
There are at least two good reasons:
1. The typicalroutes for crossing the Alps in Switzerland and Austria are definedin GAFOR.
GAFOR Rotes Switzerland with mountain passes and reference altitude33 Meiringen – Bruenig(pass) – Kuessnacht – Goldau 3600 ft44 Brig – Simplonpass – Domodossola 6800 ft53 Spiez – Gemmipass – Sion 7700 ft61 Meiringen – Grimselpass – Brig 7200 ft72 Goldau – Gotthardpass – Biasca 7200 ft83 Ragaz – Lukmanierpass – Biasca 6500 ft92 Ragaz – Lenzerheide – Julierpass – Samedan 7500 ft93 Samedan – Malojapass – Menaggio – Lugano 6200 ftIf someone plans to cross the Alps, which is quite common if you fly in Switzerland, you will follow these routes, specifically if the weather is not perfect. The same applies also for Austria GAFOR Rotes Austria with mountain passes (2 examples out of 32 with a pass) with reference altitude10 Kempten – Reutte – Fernpass – Innsbruck 4300 ft11 Hohenems – Arlberg(pass) – Inntal – Innsbruck 6000 ft This is only a very short selection.Almost all routes from the north (Germany) to the south (Italy) are referenced by at least one alpine pass, see for example http://www.fliegen-in-italien.de/routen.html
2. For airportsclose to the mountains many reference points for initial radiocontact are referenced by a pass.
Example 1: LSZSSamedan
Out of five pointsfor initial radio contact four are passes.
Example 2: LSGS Sion
From the north allfour (Pas de Cheville, Sanetsch, Rawil and Gemmi) are mountainpasses.
In the Alps a passis a very important point for flight planing and navigation. Thepossibility to use a pass as selectable waypoint would be appreciatedvery much.