We've all been there.

"Fozzer, Your ATC services have been terminated.

... Fozzer, did you copy? Your ATC services have been terminated"


lol 

"ATC... You talkin to me?"

I tend to ignore them to.

I must admit, I do rather like the 2-way Air Traffic Control conversations in FS 2004...
At least they are always crystal clear, with no background "mush"...

..and the Text of the messages always appearing on the windscreen in front of me is a great way of making sure that both of us fully understood the instructions... ... ...

.....(If only it was like that in real life!)..... ...!

Paul...Roger Roger....Over and out... ...!

olderndirt wrote on Dec 6^th, 2009 at 8:00pm:


The thing I could never get used to, during my infrequent excursions aloft, is the SUDDEN burst of chatter in my David Clark headphones, followed by complete silence, without any prior warning, which always takes me by surprise to the extent that I am never quite sure what was said!.... ...!
..."Would you please repeat the last transmission".... .....will be the inscription on my Grave Stone!... ....!

In a normal conversation, you get to hear the intake of breath, which indicates that the person is going to speak to you...so you are ready to listen...
Up in the air, its just a sudden explosion in your Headphones... ...!
..."What the heck was that!"... ...!

Paul...Headphones also make my ears uncomfortably hot!... ... ... ...!
...and the noise-cancelling effect makes me go deaf for a while when back on terra-firma!

Normally, as the pilot, you initiate the conversation i.e "I'd like some of your hot-cross buns"- better yet "Anchorage Tower Cessna Golf Bravo November (can't see the rest) five southeast, inbound with 'Whiskey' request full stop.  They come back at you with "Cessna .....runway 24 right, report over ..... for a base entry.  From then on it's your responsibility to listen for your number and respond and it helps to figure out where other inbounds might be, in case you're sequenced.  Sometimes they're so busy they don't have time to tell you twice so it behooves you to listen up.  "If you want to swim with the sharks, be one"  .

Hello
I don't know if you have Editvoicepak or not,but you can use Evp to accelerate the very slow delivery of default ATC at least then it gets through all those conversations quicker thus avoiding the the IFR flight plan canceled message.
By the way you do know that even if you do get your IFR plan canceled you can reopen it straight away whilst still airborne.Just make sure when the option to move the aircraft to the airport comes up say no! otherwise the the flt will restart from the beginning. When you next open the ATC window you should see an option to request ifr clearance from the controller and you should be able to proceed as before.
Hope that makes some sense.If you know all this stuff anyway then ignore.
cheers Andy