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Originally Posted by khabibulin
I think one of the main issues is that pilots are being told to knowingly file false flight plans. What happens if the flight loses radio contact and no one knows where it is headed? This is a major safety concern.
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Perhaps someone who working in the airline industry can comment. However, I don't think for commercial flights the pilots actually file the flight plan. They are in charge of what is going on, but their is a dispatcher back at the airline operations centre that does all the paper work and is in regular communication with the pilot. He/she co-ordinates all the other stuff around the flight such as making arrangement for a fuel truck to meet the aircraft etc.
I don't know the specific here, but I have been told on some routes it is common practice to file a plan for a diversion point when they get close they refile for the final destination if things have gone well and they don't need to stop.