In article , Fred E. Pate
wrote:

EDR wrote:
Maybe... maybe not.

Interesting story. I suppose their offshore route was a preferred route.
But why wouldn't the computer take your original planned route? Probably not
because it didn't recognize the fixes, but because of traffic flow reasons.
Same reason John does the PYE1 arrival over water.

That's my guess. I didn't have access to an AF/D to look it up.