"Kyler Laird" wrote in message
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And yet I've been asked on more than one occasion. Is this one of those
Wubba-logic things where "never" means "5% of the time" and I'm just
supposed to forget my experiences, or by "never have to" are you just
meaning that you can not divulge the information and remain in compliance
with FAA regs (even though they'll probably drop you and call you names)?

There is absolutely no basis for Center ever asking you to justify your
choice in flight planning. Their job is to control airspace -- to keep you
from hitting other airplanes.

I have never had any controller ask me to justify my route of flight. I
won't go so far as to say you never have either, but it boggles my mind that
you would have, and that you'd think there's any reason you'd be required
to.

But frankly, that's just a red herring anyway. There's no way in hell that
any controller would want to know why you flew a sectional straight line
instead of a great-circle route or vice a versa. The difference is just
noise to them.

If it makes you feel better, feel free to detail the instances in which ATC
has asked you to justify your route. It's such a bizarre concept, I'm sure
we'd all learn something new from that. But it still has nothing to do with
this thread.

Pete