"Dan Thompson" wrote in message
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What it is, is ATC expects everyone to be able to navigate direct, one way
or another.

Well, not all of ATC. I expect you to be able to fly your filed route on
own navigation. I don't expect you to be able to proceed direct unless you
file the appropriate equipment suffix, file point to point direct, or you
ask me for direct somewhere en route. I agree that some controllers don't
know what in the hell they are doing these days, but that's because the FAA
dumbed down training after 1992 and let PC run amok. We're in the process
of fixing that right now though.

Chip, ZTL