Sorry to drag you all back to the direct thing but Scott's comments rang another bell. He's not the only one to get in trouble for offering direct routeings - some of us actually have direct (written) instructions FORBIDDING us from offering them (apparrently, as Scott said, at the airlines' request) and risk getting into all kinds of smelly stuff for doing the sensible thing and making all our lives' easier. Funny , I thought ATC was all about providing a service!!!
