"Matthew P. Cummings" wrote in message
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OK, it's painless, but it takes longer. Unlike you I don't enjoy spending
half a day planning a 1,000 nm cross country.

I have never spent half a day planning a 1000 NM XC. And that's not for
lack of having flown a 1000 NM XC. For the longer XCs, the most I typically
spend on flight planning is a couple of hours, and usually I have it done in
an hour. That includes planning alternates and getting a weather briefing,
along with a review of the charts that even a person using flight planning
software would have to do.

I'm sitting wondering if the reason it takes you so long to plan a 1000 NM
XC without a computer is because you are so dependent on your flight
planning software.

Pete