john smith wrote:
I am guessing that the best solution is to request the ATC facility
Watch Desk telephone number from the briefer you file your flight plan
with and then call the watch desk from the ramp prior to engine start
and verify with the ATC facility that they do indeed have your flight plan.

Oh boy, personnel have to drop what they're doing and answer all these
calls.
They have enough problems just tracking and reporting hijacked
airliners.

JG