tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509900465677846838.post6877075323089296251..comments2020-10-02T23:38:15.144-04:00Comments on NAS Confusion: Its never too late to get your IFR clearance...deltamike172http://www.blogger.com/profile/03440111329857048591noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509900465677846838.post-31323646086388312702009-03-25T14:26:00.000-04:002009-03-25T14:26:00.000-04:00KS,I'd say calling in the air for your IFR is OK a...KS,<BR/>I'd say calling in the air for your IFR is OK around my parts about 80 percent of the time. The key is being able to safely maintain VFR for a while if we're having a busy session. Obviously, you're last on my list of priorities. I know its a pain getting through to flight service these days, and then you're at the whim of nav-aid use limitations, but in theory, that is the correct way to do things. If its a nice day out, go for it, if not, don't rely on us getting you an IFR in a timely fashion, we get busy with planes already in the system. <BR/><BR/>We combine high/low sectors together alot, so tuning in the low frequency on the charts might not give you the whole story of what you're taking off into. You may not hear the controllers transmit, which means you'd only hear readbacks from planes on the low frequency. There may be more planes on the high frequency that you don't know about. <BR/><BR/>Moral: We don't really mind if you depart VFR...as long as you can STAY VFR. We get worried if you get yourself into trouble when you could have just called on the ground.deltamike172https://www.blogger.com/profile/03440111329857048591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509900465677846838.post-1891835065900980832009-03-25T13:32:00.000-04:002009-03-25T13:32:00.000-04:00Great post. How do you compare the workload of de...Great post. How do you compare the workload of dealing with guys departing VFR and "cold calling" you in the air for the their IFR versus someone calling on the ground for the IFR.<BR/><BR/>As a pilot, I always assumed that is was making the controller's life easier by calling from the ground (notwithstanding one-in, one-out issues).Keith Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14550719755202468279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509900465677846838.post-33088752320945452682009-03-12T22:57:00.000-04:002009-03-12T22:57:00.000-04:00man that sounds intense.. thanks for mentioning gr...man that sounds intense.. thanks for mentioning griffissAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509900465677846838.post-82367948770140253932009-03-12T09:19:00.000-04:002009-03-12T09:19:00.000-04:00nice post. I enjoy hearing what goes on beyond wh...nice post. I enjoy hearing what goes on beyond what you hear over the air. Thanks for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com