"Snowbird" wrote in message
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Perhaps I'm not following the juxtaposition. Are you saying that
contract tower controllers gave you these instructions, or that
FAA controllers gave you these instructions whilst you were operating
at a non-towered airport for which they provide approach/departure
services?

The instructions were from a controller at a non-federal control tower. So
it was a controller who was not an FAA employee. When I mentioned
"non-towered" that was my error; I meant "non-Federal towered".


I have to admit the "proceed direct MGW" part might have caught
us. Thanks very much for the heads-up, we'll be on alert for that
kind of thing.

Yes, very subtle and very scary.. and I am convinced the controller used the
terminology precisely because when he finally assumed terrain responsibility
he said "Fly Heading XXX, Center Assigned Heading". I interpret that to
mean "I check with Center and I am stating for the tape that Center is
responsible for terrain if you hit something on that heading."


--
Richard Kaplan, CFII

www.flyimc.com