Nitpick, Steve. This is another example of a pilot thinking that ATC sees an
image of the airplane rather than a data block.

I'll be at the NATCA meeting in May...will you? I'm neither a controller nor
a NATCA member, but I go anyway.

Bob Gardner

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
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ATC can't see your heading, just your ground track. They would have no
way of knowing that you are off-course by a "couple of degrees."


Sure they do. If the observed track is other than the cleared route the
aircraft is off course.