How do controllers coordinate clearances through sectors?

Robert M. Gary wrote:


Wow, I can really see how the "Direct" clearance can really mess stuff
up. I guess when it was all airways it was pretty easy because you
always knew where planes would come from and where the conflicts would
happen.



With the same amount of traffic there's less conflicts simply because
all the airplanes aren't meeting in the same spots.

Newps writes:
Robert M. Gary wrote:

Wow, I can really see how the "Direct" clearance can really mess stuff
up. I guess when it was all airways it was pretty easy because you
always knew where planes would come from and where the conflicts would
happen.

With the same amount of traffic there's less conflicts simply because
all the airplanes aren't meeting in the same spots.

Interesting and not obvious to the uninitiated.

Is it possible to eyeball the scope and readily determine
if several crossing routes are going to conflict or does
the diversity of altitudes eliminate most?

All my aircraft entering the airspace are converging on a single point
for the most part. All the departures are woven thru the arrivals while
climbing. I have very little traffic in cruise flight just passing
thru. Most traffic I can eyeball to see if they'll be a conflict.




Everett M. Greene wrote:
Newps writes:

Robert M. Gary wrote:

Wow, I can really see how the "Direct" clearance can really mess stuff
up. I guess when it was all airways it was pretty easy because you
always knew where planes would come from and where the conflicts would
happen.

With the same amount of traffic there's less conflicts simply because
all the airplanes aren't meeting in the same spots.


Interesting and not obvious to the uninitiated.

Is it possible to eyeball the scope and readily determine
if several crossing routes are going to conflict or does
the diversity of altitudes eliminate most?