On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 05:27:48 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:

If ATC gives me a new routing to copy, and I copy it and then a few
minutes later (after I check the charts) find it takes me sixty miles out
over the ocean, and then I lose comms making me unable to =negotiate= a
new clearance, I am =not= flying the one ATC attempted to con me into.
The same is true if I can't get a word in edgewise. Both circumstances
are common in the Northeast. Been there, done that, I'm not getting the
T-shirt soaking wet.


Perhaps it would be best if you stayed out of the IFR system.


And perhaps it would be best if you took some sensitivity training or
maybe get an instrument rating and do a little IFR flying yourself,
and you might have a better appreciation for what it is he is talking
about.

We all realize how warm and comfortable those radar rooms are, and how
easy it is for some controllers (a minority, in my experience) to
ignore the legitimate concerns of pilots and reroute them 30 miles
over 35 degree water in order to make life easier for themselves.

I'm with Jose. I'm not accepting that clearance either, readback or
no readback.