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"Direct when able"
When instructed to fly a heading then "Direct XYZ when able", does a
controller expect a call when you are in fact able and will be turning on course? Usually it is a trivial turn since the heading they give is a good guess for direct course. I've had conflicting experience. One time after being told the above, I responded "I'm able to go direct now" and his ackowledgement had a "who cares? Just do it" tone to it. Just a few days ago, I made the 8 degree turn to navigate directly to the VORTAC, and when the shift change at approach took place, the new controller asked what my heading was, whether I was picking up the VORTAC, and when I told him that I was navigating direct, he seemed surprised. Mitchell Gossman St. Cloud, Minnesota |
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