Should you tell Tower you're departing IFR

Roy Smith wrote:
Ground and tower have different reasons to wanting to know where you're
going. Ground wants to know which runway to send you to (especially if
your request is for closed traffic). The tower wants to know which way
you're going to turn after departure, so he can plan his traffic flow and
perhaps give you departure instructions.

Exactly. I'm not too sure why they don't coordinate better, but it's no
big deal to tell both of them.

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Alan Gerber
gerber AT panix DOT com