Sweet Talking the System (Instrument Pilot's Library)

Hardcover book from 1993, and first volume in a series entitled "The Instrument Pilot's Library". The editors of the periodical IFR and IFR Refresher take the reader inside America's air traffic control system and tell you what you never learned in pilot training: how to make it work for you. This book givfes insight from the air traffic controllers themselves to give an insight into how the system operates, how they're trained in narratives, the clearance operation, and how to use this to your advantage when flying. Make the best use of your GPS or loran and find the best ways to get around the limitations of a preferred route. Finally, effective communications with the tower is stressed.