filing with DUATS

Anyone experiencing problems with this? Aside from the ADIZ and TFR .
I filed an IFR from LVK to SAC yesterday via duats and the clearance never came
available. The tower told me that only about half of the flight plans filed via
DUATS come up.
I found it strange. Back in 1999 when I was flying a C-340 for a guy, 80% of my
IFR plans were filed via DUATS and never had a problem.
I am wondering if this is something new or if I have just been lucky in the
past.


-John
*You are nothing until you have flown a Douglas, Lockheed, Grumman or North
American*

Ditch wrote:
> Anyone experiencing problems with this? Aside from the ADIZ and TFR .
> I filed an IFR from LVK to SAC yesterday via duats and the clearance never came
> available. The tower told me that only about half of the flight plans filed via
> DUATS come up.

I haven't filed a flight plan in nearly five years (sigh), but prior to
that I filed 50+ a year for 6 years straight and never had one lost.
The line about losing half of the flight plans is likely a very gross
exaggeration, unless the system has went downhill very fast since I last
flew.


> I found it strange. Back in 1999 when I was flying a C-340 for a guy, 80% of my
> IFR plans were filed via DUATS and never had a problem.
> I am wondering if this is something new or if I have just been lucky in the
> past.

Could be a change, but that seems unlikely and nobody has complained
about DUATS here lately.


Matt

"Ditch" <goverticl@post> wrote in message
news:20040112181242.10976.00001694@mb-m24....
> Anyone experiencing problems with this? Aside from the ADIZ and TFR .
> I filed an IFR from LVK to SAC yesterday via duats and the clearance never
came
> available. The tower told me that only about half of the flight plans
filed via
> DUATS come up.
> I found it strange. Back in 1999 when I was flying a C-340 for a guy, 80%
of my
> IFR plans were filed via DUATS and never had a problem.
> I am wondering if this is something new or if I have just been lucky in
the
> past.
>
>

I've filed a dozen or so IFR flight plans via DUATS in the last 6 months and
have not had any of them lost. Well, except for the one that I
miscalculated a GMT which resulted in the plan being filed for "tomorrow" :)

Cheers,
John Clonts
Temple, Texas
N7NZ

"Ditch" wrote:
> Anyone experiencing problems with this?

I've never had DUATS drop a flight plan. I use it to file about 50% of
the time.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM
(remove pants to reply by email)

ya this started happening to me a few weeks ago, so now after I file on duats, I
select review flight plan, if its not there I just call FSS and file

Ditch wrote:

> Anyone experiencing problems with this? Aside from the ADIZ and TFR .
> I filed an IFR from LVK to SAC yesterday via duats and the clearance never came
> available. The tower told me that only about half of the flight plans filed via
> DUATS come up.
> I found it strange. Back in 1999 when I was flying a C-340 for a guy, 80% of my
> IFR plans were filed via DUATS and never had a problem.
> I am wondering if this is something new or if I have just been lucky in the
> past.
>
> -John
> *You are nothing until you have flown a Douglas, Lockheed, Grumman or North
> American*

I dont think they are getting lost, but they are just not being saved to the
system.
after you file next time, choose the review flight plan and see if its there.

Ditch wrote:

> Anyone experiencing problems with this? Aside from the ADIZ and TFR .
> I filed an IFR from LVK to SAC yesterday via duats and the clearance never came
> available. The tower told me that only about half of the flight plans filed via
> DUATS come up.
> I found it strange. Back in 1999 when I was flying a C-340 for a guy, 80% of my
> IFR plans were filed via DUATS and never had a problem.
> I am wondering if this is something new or if I have just been lucky in the
> past.
>
> -John
> *You are nothing until you have flown a Douglas, Lockheed, Grumman or North
> American*

>I dont think they are getting lost, but they are just not being saved to the
>system.
>after you file next time, choose the review flight plan and see if its there.

I'll do that...thanks. I just found it weird what the tower told me.


-John
*You are nothing until you have flown a Douglas, Lockheed, Grumman or North
American*

John Clonts wrote:
> "Ditch" <goverticl@post> wrote in message
> news:20040112181242.10976.00001694@mb-m24....
>
>>Anyone experiencing problems with this? Aside from the ADIZ and TFR .
>>I filed an IFR from LVK to SAC yesterday via duats and the clearance never
>
> came
>
>>available. The tower told me that only about half of the flight plans
>
> filed via
>
>>DUATS come up.
>>I found it strange. Back in 1999 when I was flying a C-340 for a guy, 80%
>
> of my
>
>>IFR plans were filed via DUATS and never had a problem.
>>I am wondering if this is something new or if I have just been lucky in
>
> the
>
>>past.
>>
>>
>
>
> I've filed a dozen or so IFR flight plans via DUATS in the last 6 months and
> have not had any of them lost. Well, except for the one that I
> miscalculated a GMT which resulted in the plan being filed for "tomorrow" :)

Yes, I've done similar as well. However, I don't consider that to be a
"system" problem. :-)

Matt

Jeff wrote:
> ya this started happening to me a few weeks ago, so now after I file on duats, I
> select review flight plan, if its not there I just call FSS and file
>
> Ditch wrote:
>
>
>>Anyone experiencing problems with this? Aside from the ADIZ and TFR .
>>I filed an IFR from LVK to SAC yesterday via duats and the clearance never came
>>available. The tower told me that only about half of the flight plans filed via
>>DUATS come up.
>>I found it strange. Back in 1999 when I was flying a C-340 for a guy, 80% of my
>>IFR plans were filed via DUATS and never had a problem.
>>I am wondering if this is something new or if I have just been lucky in the
>>past.
>>
>>-John
>>*You are nothing until you have flown a Douglas, Lockheed, Grumman or North
>>American*
>
>

I wonder if the DUATS providers "upgraded" their servers to Windows
NT... :-(


Matt

looks like they use
Server Type: Netscape-FastTrack/3.01


"Matthew S. Whiting" wrote:

> Jeff wrote:
> > ya this started happening to me a few weeks ago, so now after I file on duats, I
> > select review flight plan, if its not there I just call FSS and file
> >
> > Ditch wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Anyone experiencing problems with this? Aside from the ADIZ and TFR .
> >>I filed an IFR from LVK to SAC yesterday via duats and the clearance never came
> >>available. The tower told me that only about half of the flight plans filed via
> >>DUATS come up.
> >>I found it strange. Back in 1999 when I was flying a C-340 for a guy, 80% of my
> >>IFR plans were filed via DUATS and never had a problem.
> >>I am wondering if this is something new or if I have just been lucky in the
> >>past.
> >>
> >>-John
> >>*You are nothing until you have flown a Douglas, Lockheed, Grumman or North
> >>American*
> >
> >
>
> I wonder if the DUATS providers "upgraded" their servers to Windows
> NT... :-(
>
> Matt