Jim Carter wrote:
Of course that prompts another question:
if its that easy to get FF then why bother with the IFR / VFR finagle to
start with? Why not just do as you suggest and file IFR with the
intention of cancelling over to FF after departure?



You have to be an instrument pilot to start out IFR.




It can't be that we've got non-instrument rated pilots filing IFR plans
can it?

It's OK to file, not OK to accept an IFR flight plan.