OK
sandborne so you're telling us that you are allowed to ask about RNP status and the like and "take the pilot's word for it". Good show. But that's precisely why we're asking why the RVSM element gets picked on as opposed to all the other goodies in the FPL.
And are you really trying to indicate that, when allowing non-FPLed aircraft to transit your airspace at a non-RVSM level, you then interrogate each of those aircraft about vital elements of the FPL that you still don't possess? How do you know that said a/c have any kind of equipment (TCAS/RNAV/etc) if you haven't got the plan?
Why RVSM only? If the aircraft is a ferry flight with limited equipment, how would you know?
I like my job, too, but if you all banded together and just said "no", everyone would be happier and, oh, it would be SAFER as well!!
