"Peter R." wrote in message
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Jay Beckman wrote:

That's my take on this too. IMO, it's "uber efficient" when dealing with
a
bug-smashing C172 just out for a breakfast run like I was this morning.

Do you file a VFR flight plan for all of your VFR flights (excluding
pattern work, of course)?

I do whenever I intend to go off over the mountains (which is just about any
flight that takes me out of the Phoenix valley area.)

Also, the flying club to which I belong requires that a flight plan be filed
for trips over 75nm.

After a few calls from FSS when I forgot to close my VFR flight plan, I
sided with many in this group who advocated only filing a VFR FP when
flying out of radar coverage which, in my case, only applied when I was
flying up to the Adirondack mountains of NY state.

I haven't brain cramped and forgotten to call (yet) so dunno what to say
there.

In all other cases, I rationalized that flying with flight following in
radar coverage negated the value of a VFR flight plan.

Since it's on a workload permitting basis, what happens if "center" can't or
won't take you for flight following?

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ