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Originally Posted by BobDDuck  The cleared direct thread made me remember I wanted to post this.
Flying out of New Bern last week we climbed out on runway heading and then were given a 90 degree turn. We flew along for a while and Cherry Point gave told us "resume own navigation". Now, our filed route was a victor airway that headed south down to ILM and then made the turn west to Charlotte. The heading we were own was a NW heading and at no point in time would ever get us closer then 15 miles to our assigned route (all the way back to Charlotte). Did the controller just expect us to make a turn towards our route and join up or did he just forget to give us a heading to join? We asked him and he seemed sort of suprised and told us to turn left 60 degrees and join the victor airway. Were we just missing something obvious? |
I find whenever a controller tells us to "resume own navigation" it's after giving an intercept heading or a direct to clearance.
I would say this controller didn't know you weren't given an intercept heading or a direct to clearance. Even if you were given a previous clearance, I *believe* the controller that states "resume own navigation" should also state how to get back on your flight planned route if you're not on it already. It's happened a few times to me and I just ask 'em, "so uh, you want us on a heading to intercept or should we go direct to XYZ?"
No sense having the guys on the ground and the guys in the air guessing at what you are doing
! I would disagree with just making a turn.