_______ COLUMNS Say Again? #46: When Things Go Wrong To get your IFR clearance at a non-towered field, you could call Flight Service or the local Center RCO, but you know you're gonna get a delay waiting for some arrival to cancel IFR. Just launch VFR and pick up your IFR clearance in the air, right? AVweb's Don Brown knows it isn't always that easy -- or safe -- for pilots and for controllers.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/briefs/new-articles-and-features-on-avweb-191