"Matthew S. Whiting" wrote in message
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And along the same vein, I was reading the AIM the other night and it
said that an FSS should also be contacted to get the IFR clearance at
the appropriate point. I believe the OP said he requested his IFR
clearance from approach control, which is contrary to the procedure
documented in the AIM. It doesn't say that another facility CAN'T give
you the IFR clearance for the IFR part of the composite flight plan, but
it specifically says to contact FSS for this. I assume that is written
there for a reason. Maybe if the OP has followed the recommended
procedure he would have had better luck.


If you call FSS for the clearance, FSS then has to call ATC. If you call
ATC directly you skip the middle man.