Clearance for sight-seeing IFR trips
Went on an interesting A320 flight out of Cardiff last night, up to Faro to see the Aurorae Borialis then back to Cardiff. I'd be interested to know what clearance was requested given that we didn't actually land at another airfield. No point in sitting on stand at Cardiff and asking for 'clearance to Cardiff'. So just '...request IFR clearance as filed'?. Also, given that we entered a hold just to make the most of the sights, how would that have been filed in the flight plan I wonder?