IFR Clearance vs GTN Flight Plan

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Got clearance for NOONE NELLO JILLIS KMOX

After NELLO, I was going direct to JILLIS and ATC said I was going the wrong way. I confirmed I was direct to JILLS. ATC said "OK, just to Direct to KMOX". After I was on course on AP, I looked again and then I saw it.

So, a guy with 250 + hours of IFR still can make a stupid mistake, and will now do the "Course Preview" in the GTN after I enter the flight plan to double check.
 
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So, a guy with 250 + hours of IFR still can make a stupid mistake, and will now do the "Course Preview" in the GTN after I enter the flight plan to double check.
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Good idea. Spelling counts and a reality check is a good thing.

BTW, if everyone here who made a mistake posted as Guest, we'd have no named members :D
 
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Got clearance for NOONE NELLO JILLIS KMOX

After NELLO, I was going direct to JILLIS and ATC said I was going the wrong way. I confirmed I was direct to JILLS.
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"JILLIS?" Seems like an extra letter snuck-in on ya'. Some folks don't think that spelling is important, but maybe it is if you fly IFR.
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So, a guy with 250 + hours of IFR still can make a stupid mistake, and will now do the "Course Preview" in the GTN after I enter the flight plan to double check.
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Hey, you don't need 250 hours of IFR to make a stupid mistake--you can have 25,000 hrs and still make stupid mistakes. The key is never allowing ourselves to believe that a fat logbook somehow makes us immune to common human error tendencies.
 
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Got clearance for NOONE NELLO JILLIS KMOX

After NELLO, I was going direct to JILLIS and ATC said I was going the wrong way. I confirmed I was direct to JILLS. ATC said "OK, just to Direct to KMOX". After I was on course on AP, I looked again and then I saw it.

So, a guy with 250 + hours of IFR still can make a stupid mistake, and will now do the "Course Preview" in the GTN after I enter the flight plan to double check.
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Should have been JILIS presumably? Always good to confirm spelling and preview the route, for sure!

What were you flying? That's a pretty long leg.
 
Private ground school 101. The RNAV will take you anywhere you tell it. If you select Cairo, Egypt v Cairo, IL, you are going to be disappointed.

That said, you should have noticed the course was incorrect for your route. One fix is in Georgia the other Alabama, + 6 letter fix.
 
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Private ground school 101.
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Your comment about reality check on the flight plan reminds me of something I heard way back when I was preparing for the private knowledge test. Most of the wrong answers on the cross country planning questions involved the applicant being 180 degrees off. IOW, the question is a flight from east to west, which could be easily see on the map, but comes up with headings and wind corrections for a flight from west to east.
 
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