"Iain Wilson" wrote in message
hlink.net...

The whole filing thing is more to do with Lost Comms than anything else.

In the case of Lost Comm, ATC will try to track your progress either via
transponder or as a primary target. Either way they will be sure the
airspace is cleared to fly any approach at your filed destination.

Unless I've specifically requested the Full Procedure- ABC Transition,
then,
as stated by another poster, you always get vectored to final.

In many rural or mountainous areas, radar coverage is unavailable and you
must fly complete approaches including published course reversals.


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Richard Kaplan, CFII

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