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When the originating controller puts your flight plan into the HOST
computer, I think that the computer checks it against stuff that is in its
memory to insure that the proposed flight is doable and meets regulatory
requirements. I do not believe that the HOST computer polls facilities
along
the route to ask if they can handle the flight.

Bob Gardner

This thread just gets more interesting. I can just imagine a tape where the
following was said:

"JAL xxx heavy, Bay Approach refusing to accept you. Say intentions"

I am on the west coast and have never heard of an aircraft on an IFR flight
plan being refused by the next sector. Is that something common in the NE?
Does it just happen to GA aircraft? Amended clearance happens regularly but
sector refusal (at least relayed to the pilot) is a new one to me.

Howard