Are sectional paths correct across "long" distances?

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"Peter Duniho" wrote:

"F1" wrote in message
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When flying VFR, I've been asking about my planned route of flight before.
The controller is just doing his/her job and wants to get the heads up.

Did the controller ask you to explain why you chose one route versus
another? I doubt they did. That is the issue here, not a controller's
general interest in which way you're going.



I've had controllers ask me "how I'm navigating" while VFR. But I
believe the intent of the question has generally been, "Can you give me
a heads-up where you're heading so I can anticipate your flight path
better?" Sometimes I think it's been, "Based on where you said you were
going, I'm wondering if you're lost; do you need some help?"

In all cases, if I've come back with something like, "We're going to be
maneuvering in the area of X for a while", or "We're going to be
following X, Y, and Z", (no matter how absurd or circuitous that path
might have been), that's seem to satisfy the controller.