On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 19:01:21 GMT, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

If I have to fly to a VOR via a certain radial, to pick up an airway, no
big deal. Point I am trying to drive home is that ATC did recognize I was
slant Alpha.


Of course they did, it's right on the strip. But they also recognized you
had RNAV capability based of your filed route.

I'd have to respectfully disagree, as RNAV capability should be filed as
follows:

/Y LORAN, VOR/DME, or INS with no transponder
/C LORAN, VOR/DME, or INS with transponder (No Mode C)
/I LORAN, VOR/DME, or INS with transponder (Mode C)

Since I filed /A direct, that does not give any indication I have RNAV
capability.

Unless of course you wish to use that word assume, which you said yourself,
you don't do in newsgroups.

Allen