Tin Pusher,
Direct is quite simple, your right on that. But as Spitoon has already pointed out, by virtue of the fact that this thread continues, its context can confuse when not used in isolation... Hence my earlier question:
Why bother preceeding the instruction 'direct' with '...own nav...'? There MAY be a contradiction. If direct is as simple as you and I and the rest of the aviation world agree, why complicate it by using it in conjuction with own nav when the two may not go hand in hand and the phrase is clearly confusing pilots. If you want the pilot to navigate to a point, instruct them so. If you want them to go direct somewhere, instruct them so.
As FlyingforFun has just pointed out, OWN NAV MAY not take the a/c DIRECT to said point.
Defining each word individually may not solve the confusion associated with this issue.
CR
