Question about PDCs and IFR Clearance time frame

Luigi said:
Yeah that's something that's always driven me crazy. I'm of the opinion that if the 2 hour mark has passed its in everyone's best interest to create a new release. I've had disagreements in the past over whether or not a write in amendment will suffice.
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I seem to remember we changed the "valid" time of releases to P-time plus 2 hours some time ago. Used to be one hour, which, given the possibility of very dynamic weather conditions, made more sense, but I know you guys have very little excess bandwidth, and that flight following of flights already released comes well before flight planning of ones you haven't released yet - and for darn good reason.

Actually, I think you guys do an excellent job overall, and I understand that you guys have (53 flights/day :O ) similar staffing pressures to us. It's a team effort, so you watch your back and I'll watch yours.
 
Stinger said:
ZLC and ZHU are both two hours for default drops. Can be changed to a four hour drop, maybe more but I haven't seen it yet.
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They can definitely do more. ZID has a 6 hour drop for the Kentucky derby. That's a whole other story, though. Why any pilot would willingly fly into Louisville during derby week is beyond me. Total insanity.
 
Jetfreq said:
They can definitely do more. ZID has a 6 hour drop for the Kentucky derby. That's a whole other story, though. Why any pilot would willingly fly into Louisville during derby week is beyond me. Total insanity.
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When you're getting paid to fly into Louisville during derby week, you fly into Louisville during derby week. :p
 
Autothrust Blue said:
I seem to remember we changed the "valid" time of releases to P-time plus 2 hours some time ago. Used to be one hour, which, given the possibility of very dynamic weather conditions, made more sense, but I know you guys have very little excess bandwidth, and that flight following of flights already released comes well before flight planning of ones you haven't released yet - and for darn good reason.

Actually, I think you guys do an excellent job overall, and I understand that you guys have (53 flights/day :O ) similar staffing pressures to us. It's a team effort, so you watch your back and I'll watch yours.
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I find a way to manage. The problem is the attention sink flights. My point about the 2 hour Ptime is that I feel in the event a flight is delayed for two hours you should have all new numbers. A lot can happen in two hours and I like to review every part of that release to see what's going on. Some people like to just issue a verbal amendment, and that's fine and legal.
 
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