Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
If you were cleared direct from KPOU to WEARD you weren't cleared via the
Dutchess Four Departure, a turn toward WEARD was the proper thing to do.
Flying the Dutchess Four Departure would have been a violation of your
clearance.

That was what I thought until the ATC admonished us for turning too
soon.

Yeah, you were well beyond their standard service volumes.

Yes, I was aware of the 40nm limit but was busy checking the GPS map
to see how far we were from the shores and forgot to monitor the
distance.



June 31.


In what universe?

I proofread Rick's writeup and missed that. It could be Martian
calendar ;-)

Hai Longworth