Dan wrote:
That's one way to look at it. However fortunately in this case the
weather was clear and there were probably minimal safety issues. If
pilots give ATC some slack when needed, hopefully they'll be nice when
the pilots mess up. He did eventually get the clearance straightened
out. Nobody's perfect, and as long as we all realize and learn from
mistakes, I don't see why there's a need to be anal about it.


The clear weather may have contributed to the confusion in this case. If it
were a certifiably crappy day, everyone should have understood that all flight
ops were under IFR.



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Mortimer Schnerd, RN
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