sorry should have gave you guys a little more info. it's a daily sched flight, so you'd think he'd know the drill. mind you the pilot came back to me the first time with a say that fix again. i give it to him again and then spelled it so maybe he's new. feset is the IAF fix.
Daily flight does not necessarily equal daily pilot. Could have been someone relatively "low time" to that particular airport, given how airline schedules are delegated to pilots. Also, asking for you to say the fix again implies to me that this pilot was not familiar, nor had the fix set up in his "box" (FMS or GPS, although admittedly I do not know what setting up an FMS entails), or had the fix in the box as part of the approach but was not familiar enough with the approach to recognize it.
to open the link you need adobe reader.
Adobe??? Bah, no likey that software. I prefer Foxit Reader as it is much faster to open.
In any regard, the link is now working on its own.
talking about thinking i wanted him to start the turn now, i don't think so cause after i spelled it for him there was a long pause and he said, alright we are direct feset now but might need a vector for final.
That's weird. No idea how to offer an explanation for that.
on another topic of american pilots. (snip)
Yep, a clearance for an approach is a clearance to begin descending as per the chart, unless some crossing restriction is given. Are these airline pilots or smaller aircraft GA pilots? My guess would be the latter, as my brethren is not always as proficient as they should be with procedures.
Furthermore, when I am flying into an uncontrolled airport, I will request the specific approach I want to fly when I check into the final approach facility. Not only that, but I will also try to pick an approach that does not require a procedure turn and request direct to the IAF on that approach if GPS or vectors to final approach if not. (This assumes the approach is in radar coverage, of course - otherwise the full approach it must be.)
