skym wrote:
: For the ATC guys: I frequently have departed VFR, but then do a popup
: if needed. Frequently these are sortof foreseeable possibilities, but
: often enough I have been able to proceed VFR all the way. I've often
: wondered just how much of a hassle it is to ATC to have to deal with a
: popup.

... and a corollary: If one does *NOT* do a popup, but rather files IFR and
departs VFR, how much of a hassle is it to open said flight plan mid-stream? Picking
up a flight plan filed with a different FSS for departure 3 hours earlier is not
likely to work and will degenerate into a popup.


-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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