Hello,

There are a few times when P2A gets stubborn and won't let me go forward.

1) sometimes I get nervous when a pass the green arrow for descent and P2A doesn't tell me to descend. But if I initiate a descent on my own, P2A scolds me and says "expedite climb to xxxxx" , But if I don't obey because I am now in a zone where the waypoints demand a lower altitude, P2A doesn't realize that now I can descend. It will continue "expedite climb to xxxxx" all the way down to the runway. There needs to be a routine where it checks to see if maintain altitude is still what is needed.

2) Sometimes when I taxi, I will select an entry to the runway that wasn't what P2A expected, so when I announce "ready for departure" it sends me to the tower who sends me back to ground for taxi instructions. I haven't found a way out of this loop other than just taking off and announcing my climb to the regional control. I'm not talking about a midfield departure, but entering by a taxiway a few hundred feet short of the end of runway. If P2A accepted a departure point within a 300 ft radius of the X-Y that it wants, life would be more pleasant.....

I use P2A several times every day, so these things come up from time to time. If there are tricks that I can use as workaround, I would be pleased to learn them.

#1 may be a bug.  You could try Disconnecting, Connecting, Filing and then an initial call to ATC like, "<CallSign> at FL 230".  That might wake ATC up and get you your descent.

#2 If you want to takeoff from an intersection other than the one P2A assigned, just use the Mid-Field departure request and it should work.  Midfield departures are for any departure other than the end of the runway.

Dave

Thanks Dave, #2 has a workable solution and I will use it.

However, #1 comes at a bad time. I am very busy with turning onto the final approach and going through that whole process is too much to ask. I just ignore ATC until I land. I usually have FSE passengers aboard and don't want to do anything that might interrupt the flight and force me to start over from scratch.....

1.) Request Enroute Decent works for me when that happens