by Capt.Propwash » Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:25 am
if you do what they want you to do, .. fly heading 270.. after a while do they say "Resume Own Navigation"?
I have NEVER had ATC not tell me what to do when i was using it. If you follow what they want for a prescribed amount of time, and you are flying IFR or VFR, they will tell you "resume own navigation" which means they are turning control of your flight plan over to you to figure out how to get to where you want to go.
You made the flight plan, you have the charts, compass, stopwatch, and GPS, ... your a pilot, you should be able to figure out how to get back on course and to your destination without their help.
On the other hand, when I am about to reach my destination, I have had ATC tell me "turn (heading), expect vectors to final." ...... "XXXXX You are clear to land RWY XX" ............ um OK, where the @#$% were my vectors that I was expecting to get from ATC??
This is why i pretty much give up on using ATC; that and them giving me 10 go-arounds when there is absolutely no AI anywhere close to me because I have AI TURNED OFF!!!!!!!!!!!
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