Originally Posted by fireflybob
I can't understand why anyone would not want to book out (or whatever you want to call it). When I say this I'm not talking about unmanned landing strips but places where this a presence in the form of A/G, AFISO or even ATC.
Surely it's common sense to let someone know what you intend to do and how many are on board etc?
It's the very original purpose of a flight plan: making SAR easier. Booking out is an additional and useless requirement to that purpose. Why having 2 different procedures for the same purpose?