Originally Posted by
PukinDog
..... in that Flight Plan there are areas where the Operator lists equipment and capabilities. Just after the Destination, Alternates spaces there is an area, Block 18, used for the purpose of conveying to ATC information of significance for their attention. Among the items of significance are Nav, Comm, Datalink, Special Handling, etc. That space for ATC also allows one to transmit info using plain-language text. For instance: "RMK NO VIS APPCH"
As was already said it is not how a flight plan works . Field 18 is not processed to ATC , The controller has no idea what is written tin here , he only has the ATC part of the flight plan and that stops with Destination . . even the endurance and alternate(s) are not processed, all this and the rest is for SAR. , and is only get processed to ATC manually in case of INCERFA. /ALERFA.
And last , LH accept visual approaches, what the LH SOP says is the visual separation at night which is not .
Their SOP reads : : "
clearances to maintain own separation in VMC may be accepted under the following conditions .... , and the last one is :
only during hours of daylight .
@ Request Orbit :
ATC for whatever reason were not willing (and/or able) to provide standard IFR separation to the DLH.
I agree , the fine line here is between Willing or Able to. . Waiting to see the official FAA reaction , if one will ever come , as in fact there was no incident , safety was never compromised, so no real need to investigate .