"normal" procedure for pop-up filing

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Anto=F1io" wrote in message
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That will guarantee you get flight following?


No, it will do what Ray wants, "pre-file your VFR flight plan with DUATS =
so
ATC already has a strip on you at initial call-up, just like with IFR."
Nothing can guarantee you get flight following.

I understood him as wanting a way to file in advance for flight
following.


Roy stated:

"By the same token, I've never understood why the FAA doesn't make it
easier to get flight following. You should be able to pre-file your
VFR flight plan with DUATS so ATC already has a strip on you at
initial call-up, just like with IFR. Then you wouldn't have to waste
so much time on the frequency with where you're going, aircraft type,
etc.

I've been told you can play tricks with DUAT, filing an IFR flight
plan and putting "VFR" in the remarks section, but you shouldn't have
to resort to subterfuge like that for what seems like such a simple
and logical thing. "

Your reply seemed to imply that he could obtain flight following by
putting "VFR" in the altitude box. I take it you were only saying that
this will generate a strip on him which, in turn, will make it easier
for him to request flight following?

Antonio