"Plus, don't think we aren't wise to the old line of "Direct to xxxx would keep us clear"."
Well, in some cases it's true. Is it harder for you guys to clear us direct to a point than to have us on a heading? With a point you know exactly where we are heading and which track we are going to make good. On a heading anything can happen so I would have thought this is a good solution whenever possible.
/LnS