How to Get IFR Clearance in a Private Jet - Tech Tuesday 

For anyone unfamiliar with a standard IFR clearance, it follows the CRAFT method (starting at 3:49): C = Cleared to = BUF (Buffalo Airport) R = Route = Radar vectors, HHOWE 3 departure, BROKK transition, DKK, BUF (destination) A = Altitude = 3000 feet initial, then FL250 10 mins after departure F = Frequency = 132.35 T = Transponder = 5163 The "Q830" route they were talking about beforehand is a published airway; think of it like an interstate with defined on- and off-ramps.

Nice change of pace for the tech Tuesday Shaun. I would be interested in learning about the different types of approaches (VNAV, RNAV, ILS).

That’s my home airfield. I’ve been flying from there since I was a small child. Nice to see you guys up here

Hi Shaun. I live in Buffalo and our home is situated on the crosswinds flight path. On final approach l can actually stand on my backyard deck and wave. Would have flipped to have seen you flying in and for sure would have given you thumbs up. Safe flight always, Captain.

Although I never finished my private pilot's license, I understood all of that. Must have learned something after all.

Cool, I live near PTK and fly in and out of there. In your intro that caught my attention. Good flight. Glad to see places I know about

Enjoy the videos, looking thru the side window it looks like you’re in a shopping center! Keep them coming! Especially the tech Tuesday’s!

Oh man - y'll were right in my backyard today - would have been cool to come over to the airport and meet !!! I njoy the videos-next time if you know you will be parking at Pontiac give us fans here in the area a shout !!! Safe flying !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Informative video! What I think would be even better is if you could put up a map on screen showing all of the IFR fixes being discussed and the actual route of the flight plan. That would help to visualize it, especially with the modified routing. Good stuff!

PTK is my home airport. Great controllers. Multiple flight schools and a very busy field and they do a great job. Usually we contact ground 121.9 for clearance not 118.25.

We always like the Tech Tuesday. :-) Thank you Shaun.

Another great video. I love tech Tuesdays. Maybe take it one step further and show how you enter into the FMS. Sure, every FMS is different, but would be great to see you put a PDC into the FMS. Don't think you've covered that one in a tech Tuesday yet.

Thanks Shaun. Another fine tech story. Would be fun to see how you notate this clearance on your iPad in real time. Pro pilots catch this fast-paced information so effortlessly it seems. Also, just a thought, would be cool to see the route you had anticipated and the route they provided. Can one insist on a specific routing? Thanks again.

Best Tech Tuesday of the Week!

Hey Shaun. All ok? The channel has been quiet for a while.

Hell...you were fifteen minutes away from me, I'm south of Pontiac, MI (the State of disrepair lol)

Most of the IFR clearances I have heard the controller very rarely do they spell out the fixes so that one was kinda different.

More info on radio protocols in particular HF on Oceanic routes and VHF of Over land routes (one assumes) would be interesting.

This was great! I was wondering if you could show someday how you would setup a flight plan. Maybe you could do it right on your tablet or home computer as example.

Sean just curious is everything okay haven't heard anything from you in over a month hope all is well and miss all the videos

Thanks that was cool.. looking for more of that.

Hopefully they will give us what we already have or something close to it...you jinxed yourself LOL

Hi Shaun, I've just subscribed to your most inspirational and informative channel and I thank you. I'm from the UK and 63 yrs old. I'm a driving instructor (car). I never thought for one minute I could ever be able to ask a serious question about safety, regarding pilots. So, here goes. Is there no requirements regarding head restraints on pilots seats. It's just that I noticed there were none on this plane but all other aircraft RU-vid channels pilots aircraft have them. I'm pretty sure your followers and family want you to be safe and keep us informed as you so professionally do. JC

LOVE IT. More please.

Look....you do these TechTuesdays and I appreciate the time and effort you put into the, but, it would have been better if you showed the route on Foreflight. I really want to see how the automated clearance is obtained obtained. Patrick ...from Albuquerque

well done on the bleeping (so to speak) call sign!!

Good way to show us with a twist to make it very real what can happen when your getting it set up. Or what could go awry.....lol I don't know how cold it was that day for you but I live on the west side of Michigan straight across from where you were and the real feel tonight will be 2 degree's F.

Pontiac has a lot of business jet traffic. The final approach transmitter is 1/4 mile from my house. The aircraft are 800 AGL going over my home. I get to see so many types to include four engine turboprop cargo transports and helicopters. Pontiac is one of the poorest cities in America. It just got out of bankruptcy. They lost their police department which is county run now. Oakland county is of the wealthiest in the country. Pontiac and Flint were magnet cities during the 50s, 60s and 70s. If you wanted a good paying job this was the place. Now, you could not intice any business to move here. An absolute ghost town. Bars are the only businesses that thrive here.

Thanks, Shaun! 👍🍻

Are you going to Sun and Fun? if so do you know what day? Keep the tech videos coming

Love your jacket - where can I get one (!).

You should fly to Eppley Airfield ( KOMA)

Didnt CD say dunkirk vor, there is no vor at dunkirk, what am I missing?

I'm a small plane pilot and was always curious how much fuel you burn on the ground during startup and taxi. I remember being told you burn as much on the ground as you do at altitude in a jet but that sounds far fetched.

Why didn’t you pick up clearance on 121.9 like the atis info said?

I'll be starting my instrument rating soon, any advise?

How do you write that down so quickly? Lot of info

Great Video... One thing i have always wondered is how you are able to capture/record for your videos you post, all headset communications from Pilot to CoPilot or Aircraft to ATC, or Aircraft to Ground... With having multiple cameras setup in the cockpit, do you connect one to the onboard Comm Systems or connect some type of audio recording device to the Comm Systems??? And if so, what do you use and how do you use it... Have a Great Day an... Thanx for sharing...

Him, I would ask dispatch about that routing. Sounded weird to me.

I have a question.....I am not a pilot just a lover of aviation and your channel. When looking up at the planes flying over my home (live near an exec airport and an airport) do the lights that we see on the plane have any significance i.e. green and red blinking lights.

How early can you pick this up? When I was doing my instrument training we always picked up the clearance after engine start. I’ve always known jet pilots get the clearance before start, just didn’t know if there were rules for it.

1) Tnx for your awesome content you’re doing a phenomenal job 2) given the fact that you can’t share with us the callsign then what’s about the passenger that we see more to the end of the video I Bruin the callsign is confidential then probably the passengers as well correct? I’m not trying to mock you down I’m just trying to understand and in case I’m ignorant then sorry for my ignorance

Do you plan and file your flightplan or does the company dispatcher do it for you? If you do it all, when and how do you actually file the plan with ATC?

As a vfr pilot only, and a aviation enthusiast, where am I more likely to see aircraft go into a hold on flight radar sights ?

in wich cases can you to vfr then ask for clearance on the air to expedite getting quick of airport

What is the BRACK transition?

I have same question how long is clearance good for? Do you need to depart in so many minutes after getting ifr clearance?

That Hawker looks tired...

Not any difference from the 1970's and '80's! But this electronic to Ipads and phones is all new to me. But then again I am a old fart who has not flown for many years.

Sheesh... shaking my head at CD. Sloppy. Grab a dang chart and get some SA to help the pilot. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Buffalo = wings..... MMMMMMM

👋🏻KSRQ☀️🌴🇺🇸🛩

Are you doing ok... on vacation we haven’t heard from you...just concerned viewers

hey.. i like a lot what you're doing.. and I would like to suggest a subject for a Tech Tuesday.. I am going along slowly with my PPL license, did my first solo flight, so that was huge progress.. and I tried filming it.. using just the gopro of my son.. no special audio recording setup.. I am looking to improve on that for my next flights.. so, how about you showing us one day how you do the recording, how you setup the cameras, the sound, maybe also how you do the editing later.. thanks again for the great work! :-)

Haven't seen you post this year, bud. We're missing you out here! Lol. Anyways, Happy new year, and godspeed. See you on the next vid, which I'm sure is coming soon.🎄🎆🎉🎉❤

hope everything is good with you------- wishing you and your family a happy holiday season

Nice tech Tuesday. It would be cool to see a flash of the route filed vs the route that was given. Maybe next time? Love the videos keep up the cpl

After filing the IFR flight plan do you have to give an estimated time of departure or can you depart when you want

A place I used to fly in and out of often years ago (Pontiac,MI) so that brought back a bit of deja vu. Hope to see some flight videos coming soon ;) and hope you and the family are having..and have a wonderful Holiday Season, along with anyone reading this.

What's squawk?

I wish all the controllers talked that slow and spelled everything out

Filling out that craft the old fashion way.

I guess they are saying you need to know your craft before flying IFR. Some of them waypoints get pretty long winded. Good thing they have you read it back. Thanks for exposing it small Shaun. A good tech tuesday

He sounds like lars ulrich.... love you man !!!!!

The other guy in the video? Was he a passenger or the co-pilot? Also just curious does Alerion have any female pilots? Nice video Shaun. Thanks

Question: The ATIS said to call ground on 121.9 for clearance. If you call on the published clearance frequency instead, will you normally still get through to the ground controller?

The Show,,, Is No Where Near As Interesting or As Informative AS The Old "Sean and Jon" Shows,,, I've Given It Time,,, No Where Near As Entertaining,,,,

I didn't hear the collision alarm when the camera fell....

Is it not a requirement for both pilots to listen to the departure clearance? If not do you think it would be a good threat mitigation strategy?

Merry Christmas to you and your family Shaun! 🌲🎁🎁🌲

Shawn, great videos. Love that jacket. Where did you get it?

You still flying? Where you’ve been?

cool !!

I would like to see how to create a flight plan?

Good timing. I did my first navex into a controlled airport the other week (YPAD) and was reviewing how I got out of there, clearance etc, yesterday. Thanks for the review 👍🏻 🛩 Oh yeah, I recently posted my first aviation vid about an airshow for kids if you know anyone who’d like that 👍🏻

Shaun; two weeks? Are you ok?

Great to hear you have problems just like us little guys. Nice to know we're all humans and have to watch everything. Curious, do you guys practice complete electronic failure in the air? My instructors have always made sure we're aware of our position and be able to fly VFR if there is a failure. I image it's much much harder in a machine going 500 mph but it might happen. What's the procedure?

Good to see u again.

Very nice

2:45 oy

LOL

Thanks Shaun for this sweet video. As an aviation enthusiast (possible future pilot) this is much appreciated. As the kids get a little older it may be something to dive back into. Thanks again. Daniel

Dude creepin in the background.....lol

Thanks Shaun, That made everything clear.. as mud:) I really got it... Cheers, Rik Spector

That was a good one it was cool they had a reroute maybe not for you but for the video. Love tech Tuesdays

New subscriber! Absolutely awesome vlogs and thank you for providing such detailed and helpful aviation information for us novices!

Best I would just let you do the flying....

BUF/Buffalo, NY... My Home Base! What brings you to my home town, please advise if able and nice knowing that you get up here today//tomorrow ';-) Mike...ConquestN98858

haha I always thought that G.A. got the difficult routing, and corporate got priority routing, then again I'm in SoCal. "Could you give that to me again 100 times or once, more slowly, please?"

How soon do you pick up your clearance before starting the engines? I'm assuming you're either on a GPU or maybe the APU was already running if you knew you'd be ready to roll soon after?

It would be great to see a flight planning from beginning to the craft read back . I think non IFR folks would then understand where these crazy check point names come from .. great videos

👍X's 2 ~ I made my first solo (Cessna 152) from KPTK in August of 1985 from runway 9L; I was 17. At the time ATIS was on 124.450.

After you receive this information, how do you enter in such information into the FDC? I'm not sure if you have a video on this already, clear skies.

Thanks for taking me down Memory Lane either KHPN and KBDR!

Hi! I am a student pilot, dreaming to fly corporate piloting, as you are. I'm finding the different paths towards training and career difficult to wade through. How did you get to where you are working, from ppl to corporate?

Interesting that whoever that was sitting in the plane just past the entrance door got up to hang some clothes up on a hanger in the closet behind the cockpit caused the plane to move just enough to tumble the video cam over. Not sure if he was a passenger, or your copilot just chilling out in back while you do your video thing, I'm thinking not a pilot from the way he was looking towards the cockpit like hes checking it out like I would as a non pilot. Happy flying Shaun!!!

Neat Video. And Nice Looking Jacket. Can you say where you bought it at?

Bummer could have recommended a couple of places to eat, layover permitting.

Cool! I live a half hour from Pontiac! Thanks for the shoutout to Michigan!

Sup Stefan!!! Shaun- don't look so serious!