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Secondary flight plan - any point?

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For the record, I do not deal in secondary flight plans, go arounds, or long hauls :biggrin:

Christopher Low

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6 hours ago, Christopher Low said:

For the record, I do not deal in secondary flight plans, go arounds, or long hauls :biggrin:

That's one of the many reasons; I would prefer someone like @jon b at the pointy end of my long-haul Boeing rather than @Christopher Low ...🙂...especially when I'm stuck in a HOLD above Delhi airport, after 16-17 hours flight, with a thunderstorm brewing underneath, and (ground-level) visibility near zero...

After all, you have (also) made it clear that you're not interested in Career Ops of any kind in MSFS. You just wish to fly what you want, when you want, at your own pace. [Side Note: I too am in the exact same category...🙂...]

Chris: Still, I/we should learn to revise our primary flight plan on-the-fly, if so needed, in our MSFS (virtual) world. You probably already do that, anyway.

Edited by P_7878

Excellent thread !!!!

I have LEARNED a LOT !!!

Thanks to the OP and to the various precious contributions, of course by @jon b, but all other too 🙏

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