"A Lieberman" wrote in message
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I reiterate, I filed /a


Yes, I know. Try to understand, filing /A does NOT mean that you have no
RNAV capability. It's quite common for pilots to file /A and navigate with
handheld GPS.



Filing slant alpha does not infer I have RNAV capability. I don't care if
it's 30 miles or 300 miles.


No, filing /A does not imply that you have RNAV capability, but filing
direct from one airport to another one 337 miles away does.



I could fly by wet compass and stop watch in theory (dead reckoning).

You said you don't want to use the word assume..... What you say above
infers that ATC will assume.....


I didn't say I don't want to use the word assume, I said I've learned it's
best not to assume anything in these forums. ATC inferred you had some RNAV
capability because you implied it when you filed direct from 2G2 to BWG. If
they hadn't assumed you had RNAV capability you wouldn't have been cleared
as filed, and you wouldn't have been cleared direct to a fix some ninety
miles away.