Teacherjh wrote:

My first flight (I think it was my first) after getting my rating was a
CAVU day out of TEB, but I filed IFR for practice in the system(which my
instructor
encouraged me to do). We waited ONE HOUR at the hold line in an Arrow.

Lesson learned.

Well, that's TEB. I did the same thing out of CDW when I first got my
rating, and was out in not completely unreasonable time.

I've had no luck IFRing out of Linden, though. The one time I tried, I was
calling and calling and calling for Newark from the ramp. When they'd
finally answered, we'd passed the time by which we'd have had to depart to
make our schedule. So we simply took off and picked up a new clearance in
the air to a closer destination.

My friend ended up late to work anyway, but I only feel 50% guilty because
he wasn't exactly rushing to depart for our return to Linden grin.

- Andrew