dmccormack
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Dan Mc
I read an article a while back in which the author suggested always filing Direct in an RNAV equipped airplane. He said "You're gonna get re-routed anyway so why not?"
The reasoning made sense, but I couldn't bring myself to do that every time.
So on a Recent trip to Ocean City, MD from Pittsburgh area, I submitted the most direct routing possible -- it took me to MRB, then BAL, then Direct OXB.
In flight Washington Center gave me an amendment -- MRB via V214 to BAL -- that only required adding the WOOLY intersection -- no big deal, and no big change in time or distance.
So who else is fling direct or nearly so these days, fully expecting routing amendments during clearance delivery or in flight?
The reasoning made sense, but I couldn't bring myself to do that every time.
So on a Recent trip to Ocean City, MD from Pittsburgh area, I submitted the most direct routing possible -- it took me to MRB, then BAL, then Direct OXB.
In flight Washington Center gave me an amendment -- MRB via V214 to BAL -- that only required adding the WOOLY intersection -- no big deal, and no big change in time or distance.
So who else is fling direct or nearly so these days, fully expecting routing amendments during clearance delivery or in flight?