Originally Posted by
wiggy
HT you tease....
Dutch - almost certainly following an approved (with ATC) "Random" Route.
It's not that uncommon to cross the tracks, or use part of a track.
It's a long time since I was at Oceanic , but it was always possible to route off the Track system, as long as separation was maintained on the random track & between the random track & the organized tracks. I would have thought that this possibility still exists (subject to these provisos). Or, have things changed ?
In any case, I am certain that pilots would not take it upon themselves to "ride roughshod" through the tracks.