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Old 16th Feb 2012, 16:23
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Talkdownman
 
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Day 1. I telephone nats for a clearance on the flight-planned route A-B-C, get told "no thanks, send him D-E-F".
Day 2. Flight-planned route A-B-C, requested D-E-F based on Day 1 experience, cleared D-E-F, launched D-E-F.
Subsequent snotto-call from nats "why hasn't he routed A-B-C as per FPL ?".

Can't win.

If D-E-F is acceptable to nats then make it a Flight Plannable route, so that the operator may file it. Otherwise don't suggest it or accept it.

It's called consistency...
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