"Newps" wrote in message
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That's how Salt Lake does it also. It's common to get direct and lose
radar coverage for a portion of the flight. As long as you're above the
controllers MIA you're good to go.


No, you're not good to go, you're just working with a poorly trained
controller.



An airway may not be anywhere near you're route of flight either, which is
the case here.


Where?