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Originally Posted by Trybysky  I was curious if atc still expects you to fly the DP if your ifr clearance states no particular departure procedure.... my question comes from LWS (lewiston, id). I always ask if I can climb on course VMC, but every time I do, they respond like they expected me to anyway. The DP takes you back 180 degrees to the VOR and then on course after whatever altitude. This is something I should probably know, but don't. |
If you've got a published DP, the controllers should be stating 'Cleared to..... via the Shaky2 departure.....blah blah blah' when they issue the clearance. If they don't put that in there, and it's not in an LOA, I don't see why you'd have to adhere to it.
Some light reading for you:
http://www.faa.gov/ATpubs/ATC/Chp4/atc0403.html