F-PLN change STAR

[Space Cowboy 0]

Hi all,

yesterday I filed a F-PLN with SID and STAR (I know, that in real the STAR during flight will be used mostly) and it was valid. Then I changed the STAR in P2A during a flight, but the F-PLN wasn't active any more after that and communication via speech recognition etc. wasn't possible any more, too. I filed the changed F-PLN during flight again in order to activate it. It seems to me, that communication wan't able immediately after that, but with a latency and not strict in the connection with the "old" plan in my opinion. Are there a possibility to avoid deactivating of the F-PLN after changing especially the STAR or transition?

[Dave-Pilot2ATC 875]

The flight plan you see is not known to ATC until you file it.  So, if ATC changes it by, for example, assigning a new STAR, then you must fly the newly assigned STAR.  But if you want to change the STAR, then the procedure to do that is:

1. Disconnect/Reconnect from the SIM
2. File the new flight plan
3. Make initial contact with ATC, usually Center.  
4. You will get a new Squawk code for the new flight and all should proceed normally after that.

[Space Cowboy 0]

Ok, the described procedure 1.-4. means, that I could, respectively I must, use it during flight and then start communication

with ATC again, isn't it?!