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Hi
Say I wanted to do a route going on V386 to PMD. Looking at the DPs, I could be given the fairly intensive VOR work in the Cathedral One DP, or the Palm Springs Five DP, which merely involves turning to a heading then maintaining an assigned altitude and getting vectors (quite a bit less labor intensive!). Can any of you regular RW (or PE) So-Cal pilots or controllers tell me which of the two DPS may be given, which is given more often, and why?

Regards

I absolutely love the CATH1.PSP departure! It's not bad at all. Give it a go and I think you'll enjoy it. I usually file the CATH1.PSP departure and I've never been given anything different. I've never flown it real world, but I've done it numerous times on PE.

In terms of assignment. The CATH departure is normally assigned to departures from runway 31L/R and the Palm Springs departure is normally assigned to departures from runway 13L/R.

However a pilot request for another DP is normally honored.

Thank you Steven, and thank you Peter.

I just flew (not on PE) the CATH DP in Carenado's 206 in X-Plane 10.30, and it was fine. I had actually got to my 10000' required altitude easily before the final run in to the PSP VOR, so no hold required. Could be trickier in a plane with an arthritic climb rate

Peter's response does give me the heads up on what is likely to be expected.

Regards

If you're VMC you can always tell the controller you can maintain separation from obstacles and terrain and get a turn on course sooner. That's usually what I do after turning to the VORTAC.

Ryan. A man who knows how to cut his workload