"The Clearance"

[Fly_M20R]

On 12/7/2022 at 9:51 PM, midlifeflyer said:

I flew to Philadelphia the last week of November. This was from fairly early in the flight and I thought this 4-minute video would be interesting on its own. Kudos to the Washington Center controller for patience and taking the time to spell things out.

Besides, I was flying a Mooney.

 

You were quite patient! I may have spoken up with something like "Washington Center, Mooney N750DC heading xxx (or Direct yyy), altitude zzz" just to remind him about you. If he is really busy juggling balls then he may have dropped a ball, that ball being you.... That transmission also does not chastise him if you were to say that you are still waiting for your routing, etc. 

[midlifeflyer]

9 hours ago, Fly_M20R said:

You were quite patient! I may have spoken up with something like "Washington Center, Mooney N750DC heading xxx (or Direct yyy), altitude zzz" just to remind him about you. If he is really busy juggling balls then he may have dropped a ball, that ball being you.... That transmission also does not chastise him if you were to say that you are still waiting for your routing, etc. 

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No patience required. Nothing to speak up about. I was cleared to my destination (pretty much as filed) and flying along happily.  Yes, they told me to expect a reroute. But as I say in the video, I never got one. The only communication I got from Center after this was my handoff to Potomac Approach.

[Fly_M20R]

53 minutes ago, midlifeflyer said:

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No patience required. Nothing to speak up about. I was cleared to my destination (pretty much as filed) and flying along happily.  Yes, they told me to expect a reroute. But as I say in the video, I never got one. The only communication I got from Center after this was my handoff to Potomac Approach.

 

Ahhhh…. My mistake. I was not clear on your having gotten an initial clearance. Read/listened too quickly…