so by your definition, when you give the intruction '...own nav dct XXX' do you expect the pilot to fly directly to the standard intercept (30deg) point or straight to xxx. Your 'my last post' post doesn't clarify either.
Chokky,
sorry mate but at the risk of repeating myself " DIRECT XXX means just that!! Go DIRECTLY to point XXX, do NOT pass go and do NOT collect $200!!
If I don't say DIRECT then make a standard intercept of track.
My understanding is that the phrase 'resume own nav' is formally notifying the pilot that I am no longer providing vectors and the responsibility for nav now rests with the pilot, I think Ferris summed that up quite well.