Planned routes vs Flown routes

[Eurocontroler]

A couple of questions for

1. How often do controllers change you from your FPL route, or better yet, how often do you get DCT requests accepted by ATC?

2. Has the years have gone by, do you think that it's getting increasingly harder to deviate from what is in the FPL?

Thanks

[Bluejet]

Having been flying European Shorthaul from quite a few years now, I don't think I have ever flown a complete flight to Flight Plan. Always get directs, even if it only takes a dog leg out. In about 70% of cases if we want a direct we are normally given it or something similar when we ask or within a couple of minutes of asking. Generally, ATC route us direct before we can ask for it.

It might be simpler to ask has anyone ever flown an entire route as filed...I reckon there would be fewer takers on that. Obviously really shortflights don't count as it's hard to deviate from a straight line over a few miles.

Anyone else?