"Jose" wrote in message
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Actually, he knows it's the latter, but he also sees the big picture.

And the big picture is that if you give me (and I read back) a clearance
with which I cannot comply, we will negotiate a better clearance and we'll
both end up happy. But if I go NORDO at that moment, I will not place
myself in danger by flying a clearance I've discovered (after the fact -
it cannot be discovered before the fact) that would interrupt the rescue
squad's bridge game.

You've said many times that for a NORDO you clear the airspace. Well,
I'll take advantage of that.

I suppose it works out most of the time, since most aircraft do not go
NORDO at that moment, but I've been given bum routings many times in the
Northeast. I do not fly a Lear and cannot do all the tricks that other
aircraft can do. There are some circumstances that would put me in
danger, and I won't know you just gave me one until after I've looked at
the charts. Unlike a London cabbie, I do not have the airspace memorized.

I understand the need for expedience. But I'm surprised that there's no
provision for "can't accept until I find it all on the charts."

Surely, the answer is to copy the clearance and ask the controller to
standby for the readback. Check the routing and then ask the controller if
he is ready to copy the readback.

who says the read back has to be instantaneous