Blastoid ..... Thanks for your informative posts. When I started this thread, I was really pissed off. Your (and the other ATCers) posts have helped shed some light on what you have to deal with control room. I have come to realise that your job job really sucks! To have management hang this over your head would really :mad: me off!

So.... whats the answer? Are we never going to see any more direct tracking for the rest of our aviation career? Is this permanent management directive or will it be reviewed after a period of time? It seems that both pilots and controllers alike, believe that the directive wont make things any safer.

After all.... pilots can be flying the PLN RTE and still forget to call after the transfer. Stuff ups by both aircrew and controllers will continue to happen, therefore i will be very surprised if after 12 months of no DCT tracking there are any less incidents. Then again they just introduced NAS....:ugh:

99% of ATC think this instruction is foolishness. Unfortuneately ASA dont care much what we think, if you are dissatisfied with this situation, take it up with your management - hopefully if QANTAS and Virgin start complaining we can get something done about it.

Is a good point WWT, the 400kg gorilla with the red tail says they don't want track shortening, so nobody else should get it either. They appear to be getting their way...

Red tail management say they don't want track shortening. They tell their pilots not to ask for it. They tell their pilots to stick to timetable. Pilots see a corner cut can save 1.5 min off flight time. Pilots can't ask for direct tracking. Directly. Red tail pilots mention any track shortening, should it become available, would be greatly appreciated
what a crock

And an ATC may say "DCT to XXXXX is available, advise?"