LanFranc,
Thanks for the quick reply. Your reference
If operating without a received and acknowledged oceanic clearance, the pilot shall enter oceanic airspace at the first oceanic entry point, level and speed, as contained in the filed flight plan and proceed via the filed flight plan route to landfall. That first oceanic level and speed shall be maintained to landfall.
is exactly how I have been teaching it in my class.
Does anyone know about any exceptions to the above rule for westbound flights coasting out with Shanwick?
Or is my AA friend mistaken?