"James M. Knox" wrote in message
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"Chip Jones" wrote in
k.net:
Why can't the FS Specialist use the same resources I would have to
use to figure it out?

He can and he will.

Actually, in this case it was "He would, but he couldn't."

In my opinion, he could but he wouldn't. All he had to do was what you
ultimately did, except it would have been far easier for him to do it than
for you to do it. Plus it's his job... There are what, 2 ARTCC's in Texas
and maybe four or five FSS? All he has to do is call either ZFW or ZHU (or
both) at the ARTCC 24 hour watch desk number and relay that your call sign
has cancelled IFR and *poof* he's done. The ARTCC can take it from there
regardless of what sector was working you and regardless of where you
landed, even if you landed somewhere other than a designated airport. This
stuff works the same way in every ARTCC in America.


I am very familiar with how this all works. I was also drowning in the
rain and the WX-BRIEF number was what I had handy. I have used this
before, from half-way across the country. I have never had any trouble
with them simply forwarding the closure.

To prevent this from happening again, simply regurgitate the last ATC
facility you worked with, or the last ARTCC (which actually owns the
airspace and delegates it to towers and tracons). When the moron tells you
that you have landed in the Twighlight Zone, Longview isn't an airport, and
half of Texas doesn't exist, tell him to call the ZFW watch desk and cancel
your IFR. He has the number- every ARTCC in the country is listed in any
AFD under "Key Air Traffic Facilities". It's even in the Alaska Supplement.


This guy was unable to do so because he could find no record of a big
chunk
of Texas existing. He couldn't find either airport. He couldn't find
what
sector to call. He claimed that his records showed that neither airport
designator existed. [He did speculate that he might be having "equipment
problems."]


LOL. I can't imagine that a Texas FSS couldn't figure out how to call one
of the two Texas ARTCC's. He had probably just discovered that AOPA
supported privatizing his line of business because DUATS does a better job
for less money.

Chip, ZTL