Originally Posted by
JollyRancher
Granted that I'm just a baby in the world of aviation, but the three minutes it takes to lodge a flight plan through NAIPS before departure doesn't seem like the greatest of inconveniences. I've been encouraged to lodge a flight plan with sartime before any cross country flight, regardless of whether or not I intend to enter controlled airspace, and assumed this was standard practice? Never had an issue with amending flight plan or sartime over the radio either.
I agree.
Back in the GODs, flights that departed without flight plans, nominated “NoSAR, no details”.
Or NoSar, no details, no brains.
Its not not that hard, and it may just save your arse one day. Cheap insurance.