Mandatory Flight Plans???

Mxsmanic wrote:
NW_Pilot writes:
I explained how it would make it more time
consuming to the pilots and also, over load the already stressed controllers
by dumping hundreds or even thousands of extra VFR traffic in to the system
for them to deal with. They responded that it's their job and they would
have to deal with it!

Did you tell them that they'd have to plan their trips a lot further
ahead if flight plans were mandatory?

I don't see why, unless you think the FAA's computers would get
overloaded.

A lot of people plan and file a flight at the last minute, or even
after take-off.

Kev

"Kev" wrote:

I don't see why, unless you think the FAA's computers would get
overloaded.

A lot of people plan and file a flight at the last minute, or even
after take-off.

And I suspect that the vast majority of GA flights are not on flight
plans.

Ron Lee

Kev writes:

I don't see why, unless you think the FAA's computers would get
overloaded.

It takes longer to prepare a flight plan than it does not to prepare
one, so in theory people could be delayed.

A lot of people plan and file a flight at the last minute, or even
after take-off.

There isn't any need to tell them that part. When one is dealing with
people who aren't very bright, sometimes misinformation can only be
effectively countered by more misinformation, as the reality may be so
subtle that it escapes their understanding.

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Kev wrote:

I don't see why, unless you think the FAA's computers would get
overloaded.

It's not the computer. I can't get anywhere near an FAA
computer. The closest I can get is one of the outsourced
FSS-pukes or piece of crap DUAT vendors.