On 29 Mar 2005 11:38:34 -0800, wrote:


ventmode
I am an inexperienced instrument pilot and I just don't understand why
we file routes on our flight plans at all!

I never get what I filed, anyway, and it's not uncommon that the route
I actually get shares not a single waypoint with what I filed.


It is interesting to see the variations in ATC behavior throughout the
country. Where do you fly? I fly out of the NW Chicago suburbs and
find the ORD controllers to be relatively consistent with their
initial route assignments. I probably get my requested enroute
portion 85+% of the time.

-Nathan