I was just wondering if it ever happened to anyone else, that a flight turned from the assigned track (own nav to a point) without any permission.
What's the significance of the "own nav to" part? I'm not an IFR pilot, but a lowly VFR pilot, but I've always understood "own nav to" meant that I was on my own navigation. ie. I could wander on/off track as I like. (It's usually given to me as I leave controlled airspace).
If you wanted the pilot to go directly to the next point then why not use "direct to" instead?
Presumably I'm missing some IFR meaning here.