George Patterson wrote:

Chris wrote:

here in the UK the way a VFR flight plan works is that the pilot
nominates a responsible person (family member, FBO etc) to make the
call if they are overdue rather than have the ATC make assumptions.
The basis is that no news is good news.

That's the way most of us who don't file flight plans do things over
here.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your
neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you
miss him.

That's what I was going to say. We need to remember that the flight plan is only for SAR. It works just as
well to just tell someone where you're going. "Jay and I are going to Sedona for breakfast. We should be
there in about an hour. I'll call you when I get there."

Mike