Originally Posted by
ZOOKER
eagleflyer, you can bet your bottom $ that whoever thinks this up, doesn't wear a headset........Either on the ground or in the air.
Absolutely. This new phraseology is so convoluted, and open to more misinterpretation than ever before. I particularly dislike the "fly direct XXXXX, expect YYYYY in 4 miles." I read that the reason for this is because some pilots were deleting the SID/STAR from the FMS and then having issues re-entering the points when recleared direct to one.
I'm not a pilot, so don't know fully how the FMS programming works, but surely it's not too difficult to make it SOP for a SID/STAR to be left in until the aircraft has passed the final point published?