hi dublin, yea that's exactly what i wanted to know. sorry if it came out like a stupid obvious question. that's interesting about ATC letting you skip a waypoint but it does make sense.

when i'm flying a flight in the sim i do track some waypoints but tend to get lazy sometimes and don't track them all until i come up to 100 miles or so from my destination then i'm tracking like a hawk.

i'll start paying closer attention and thanks very much.

william