Larry in TN

No, a route clearance does not change your altitude clearance, or restrictions, and vis versa.

On the 737, about ten minutes on the preflight planning, usually done at the hotel or in operations. Then about 30 or 35 minutes at the...

We do RNAV RNP approaches down to RNP 0.10 and with RF-legs. Some of us can do GLS approaches which are a form of LAAS, though they...

Ground told them "as able". For a VFR aircraft, the tower controller provides sequencing and runway separation.

How precise of a location do you think that ATC needs?

I don't see why not. I can shift into neutral, too. What is less clear is why I'd want to.

I once drove between the Newfound Gap, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, down into Gatlinburg on a cool Thanksgiving weekend...

An increasing number of states are charging EV fees, as part of the registration process, to replace the lost gasoline taxes. In my...

Thanks for all the comments. Will announce student pilot from now on. When the controller told me lahso at the intersecting runway it...

A strange thing happens when you start spending a number of hours per week sitting the right seat, watching students mess up maneuvers...

They do that all the time, then launch them one right after the other. You go down the runways within an airplane length, or two, of...

With student solo cross-country distances, you’re talking to 3, maybe 4 controllers - departure tower, enroute controller, maybe another...

Airbus?

Not sure I really understand the overused part. They are a student pilot so it seems appropriate to me. No different than the "heavy"...

I wish I had done this routinely on my student solos. Most of the time it wasn't needed, but I didn't know in advance when it would be.