"Mark T. Dame" wrote in message
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I've filed exactly one VFR flight plan since I got my ticket and that
was only six weeks after I got it. It was my first serious cross
country flight (300+ miles and 3 - 4 hours each way). After that I
decided it wasn't worth it.

Not until they have to look for you.


I would agree with that, but now anything over 100 miles I'll file IFR
even on a CAVU day: ATC can terminate your FF, but not your IFR flight
plan.

Not everyone has an instrument rating (unfortunately) so IFR is not an
option. Even if you file VFR and don't activate it, I would think they could
pull up the records for a period of time to find out what your planned route
was.

-m
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