We were limited to FL 240 for 100NM when we had flight planned at FL380. So how is that keeping to the flight plan?
Exactly.
@411A: I understand a Tristar is the best aircraft in the world and probably the best you can have to pass through, say, an actve CB or turbulence.
I for one do not fly a tristar, so I prefer not to stay in turbulence or fly through a CB. The fact that you apparently donīt know that conditions can be quite different from forecasts tells alot about your superior airmanship. As a non-airline pilot I can only guess, but still I think FPLs are not made by pilots and usually they check in an hour or maybe 1,5 hrs prior to flight. A time at which changing your plan makes it a latefile, with the consequence of being the last in the line should a restriction come up.
Some 'pilots' indeed never learn.
