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sm203900 · September 19th, 2006, 00:39

Had an interesting issue come up the other day and was hoping for a little light on the issue. Had a plane going from KBUF to KTEB the other day and was filed to a vor that was about fifty miles from airport, atc gives our pilots a bunch of crap because it was not one of the normal transition points (i.e. sax, coate, etc...), anyhow the controller said that the next time they would hold the plane on the ground until we filed them to their satisfaction. My question is that, although I do agree that the routing was not the best, there was nothing wrong with it and ATC has no right to jump up the pilots butt about it. My feeling is that the route could have been better they do not have the right to give a hard time if the aircraft is not going through any restricted airspace, and if I really wanted to give them something to complain about I can always file direct.

September 19th, 2006, 00:39	#1
sm203900 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: somwhere over the rainbow Posts: 99	Flight Plans Had an interesting issue come up the other day and was hoping for a little light on the issue. Had a plane going from KBUF to KTEB the other day and was filed to a vor that was about fifty miles from airport, atc gives our pilots a bunch of crap because it was not one of the normal transition points (i.e. sax, coate, etc...), anyhow the controller said that the next time they would hold the plane on the ground until we filed them to their satisfaction. My question is that, although I do agree that the routing was not the best, there was nothing wrong with it and ATC has no right to jump up the pilots butt about it. My feeling is that the route could have been better they do not have the right to give a hard time if the aircraft is not going through any restricted airspace, and if I really wanted to give them something to complain about I can always file direct.