"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Stan Prevost" wrote in message
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I don't know. Why are they? I would like to know.

But it is irrelevant to the issue at hand. The rule says what it says.


Yup. Why isn't the rule enforced?


I don't know to what extent it may or may not be enforced. I have never
heard of an enforcement action regarding that rule.

I bet it would be enforced if a pilot headed off his required direct route
over to an airway which he was not cleared onto and it caused a controller a
deal.

If it isn't enforced, why not? I would like to know.

But it doesn't change the rule, which is still there and available for
enforcement, and is still binding on pilots and controllers.