one bad thing about filing IFR here is that you have to go around all the
MOA's, ABQ told me that if I wanted to get my clearance from them I would have
to turn towards drake and get out of the MOA. picking up your IFR when you need
it allows you to fly through the MOA's and if they are not active, the
restricted area's also. Flying IFR, I would have got peach springs, drake then
phoenix. The worst of the weather was in that direction, the better weather was
the other direction. this was according to FSS. But they also said skies were
clear all the way to the edge of phoenix. I found out that was wrong.

"Matthew S. Whiting" wrote:

Mike Rapoport wrote:
Fine, but while flying above the nasty icing clouds, don't ask for IFR to
descend to your destination in busy class B airspace!

I won't because I almost always file IFR the entire trip. Just seems
easier in many respects and I don't mind talking to the friendly (mostly
anyway) ATC folks. :-)

Matt