"Refusing to Handle You"

"Dave Butler" x@yy wrote in message
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Howard Nelson wrote:

I am on the west coast and have never heard of an aircraft on an IFR
flight
plan being refused by the next sector. Is that something common in the
NE?
Does it just happen to GA aircraft? Amended clearance happens regularly
but
sector refusal (at least relayed to the pilot) is a new one to me.

I've never had it happen to me, either, but I have had several
conversations
along the lines of:

"expect holding at XXXXX, the next sector is not taking your handoff".

Then before I get to XXXXX the handoff gets accepted.

This seems reasonable to me and understandable even if one had to hold. At
least as PIC all I have to do is identify the fix, go there and hold at the
appropriate altitude. It's just for this reason we are required to practice
one hold every 6 months .

Howard

Well, one up side of this, apart from the wonderful discussion it's
produced, was that I did get to log a hold........