Flight Following question

-----Original Message-----
From: Newps ]
Posted At: Sunday, December 10, 2006 6:37 PM
Posted To: rec.aviation.ifr
Conversation: Flight Following question
Subject: Flight Following question

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Just file a regular IFR and pick it up how you normally do. When you
get to the point you want to be VFR tell the controller you want to
cancel and receive FF.

Duh!! That makes perfect sense; I don't know why I was following the VFR
altitude for IFR plan thread. 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?

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