1001001
Well Known Member
I have noticed recently that when filing IFR flight plans through Garmin Pilot / Lockheed Martin FS, my departure time seems to always be automatically incremented by 10 minutes. If I file an 0600 departure, I get 0610. 1500=1510.
Additionally, when filing, I have received a routing that was completely different that what I filed, and well out of the way. I didn't think much of that since I assumed that ATC was just trying to keep me out of the way of morning traffic arriving and departing Pittsburgh, but then after the Clearance Delivery guy made me copy a whole new route, he gave me a departure heading pointed at my last filed fix and then immediately cleared me direct to it after I was airborne.
Seems rather inefficient.
Also, the last few times I have filed, the flight plan has left off my equipment suffix.
NOTE THAT After filing with Garmin Pilot, I receive and email with a flight plan form with all the correct information, but it seems to get left off and changed soewhere down the road.
Has anyone else seen this more frequently lately?
Additionally, when filing, I have received a routing that was completely different that what I filed, and well out of the way. I didn't think much of that since I assumed that ATC was just trying to keep me out of the way of morning traffic arriving and departing Pittsburgh, but then after the Clearance Delivery guy made me copy a whole new route, he gave me a departure heading pointed at my last filed fix and then immediately cleared me direct to it after I was airborne.
Seems rather inefficient.
Also, the last few times I have filed, the flight plan has left off my equipment suffix.
NOTE THAT After filing with Garmin Pilot, I receive and email with a flight plan form with all the correct information, but it seems to get left off and changed soewhere down the road.
Has anyone else seen this more frequently lately?