Sid's/stars question

[Acroshaw]

I just wanted to clarify in my own mind , even when you are 99℅ sure what SID/STAR you are going to get , you don't put it in the flight plan do you ? I guess if you have a preference , for instance leaving KSAN you might want PEBLE6 , and you might also like to get the SERFR2 into KFSO ( a common pairing it seems ) , could you instead file peble as the initial fix and serfr as the last one as a hint to the controller that's what you'd like ? Is that more polite than just putting the Sid/star actually in the plan ?

[Keith Smith]

File the SID/STAR you'd like to fly. See the I-5, I-6 and I-10 ratings for examples.

[Kyle.Sanders]

Look up the weather and see what runways they are departing/arriving. Then file the SID/STARs appropriately. If there is an issue with one of them, ATC will reassign it.

[Kyle.Sanders]

and Keith beat me to it

[Acroshaw]

awesome, that makes life a lot easier, cheers guys! was going to fly that route tonight but work called me out ( very inconsiderate), hopefully try it out tomorrow, I am keen to fly the visual approach into KSFO , have never done it before (quiet bridge one)

[Kyle.Sanders]

Awesome! Request that when checking in with NorCal approach.
That is an instrument approach (not a STAR)... so don't file it.
Also, it doesn't have a version number designation "quite bridge visual (runway number)" is how it is designated.
http://155.178.201.160/d-tpp/1613/00375 ... IS28LR.PDF

So there is no such thing as a "quite bridge one"


Edited for clarity

[Acroshaw]

ah thanks for that Kyle, I'll look forward to trying it !