Cleared to (NOT) Destination?

[midlifeflyer]

So I first heard about the "CRAFT" thing here on PoA back before I started IFR training. However, I always understood it in the context of what to expect and not 5 letters I need to write plus 5 boxes that I need to draw. Frankly, I'm surprised that people actually do that.

Don’t be surprised. People love templates. They can help some organize their information. But, like mnemonics, the template form can become more important than its content.

 

[flyingron]

I used to write CRAFT, but since the clearances are always in that format, it's sort of redundant. My copy typically looks like:

CAPITAL ONE HANEY AF 126.1 0423
or
RV HANEY AF 30E12+10 126.1 0423

which mean the same thing depending on how they give me :

Radar Vectors HANEY then as filed. Climb and maintain 3000. Expect 12,000 ten minutes after departure. Deparure Frequency 126.1. Squawk 0423.


There's also R with a circle around it for having received information Romeo.

 

[flyingcheesehead]

Fun fact. I had no reroutes on that flight. But it was only to PHL. Small sample, but I’ve found Raleigh area up past DC as filed with no amendments. Further northeast into NJ/NY, different story.

It’s like Potomac actually uses the T routes supposedly designed for that airspace.

To be fair, DC is at the very far southern end of what might be considered "northeast." DC to Boston along the coast is all fairly heavily populated, but the closer you get to NYC the worse it is. ZNY is usually where the reroutes start in all directions IME, though I don't come up from the north/east/south nearly as much as I come from the west.

As far as CRAFT, it should be written:

C
R




A
F
T

C, A, F, and T are all going to be single-line items. R can be quite lengthy. And, of course, the valid/void times would go after CRAFT, but CRAFTV doesn't really roll off the tongue.

 

[Albany Tom]

Maybe it could become "crafty" where y is "You going to call us, or what?"