Please refer to this url for the STAR chart:
http://www.ais-netherlands.nl/aim/2015- ... STAR-1.pdfHere are some examples of some of today's arrivals to EHAM:
PUTTY1A:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/KLM1 ... /LIRF/EHAMNORKU2A:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/CLH2 ... /EDDM/EHAMREDFA1A:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/EZY2 ... /EGGW/EHAMREDFA1A:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/KLM1 ... /EGLL/EHAM Flightaware is not very precise at tracking flights in Europe but it is quite apparent that they have flown the STAR.
When the traffic dies down at night, it is quite common that aircraft are issued a direct to the IAFs or sometimes direct to a VOR within the TMA (SPL, SPY, PAM) to save up time and fuel. So you may observe that sometimes.
When I control I usually get a lot of flights coming from EDDF and central/southern Germany. Most of these pilots are not on a STAR and are flying direct to the airport.
In real life, such planes would usually be routed through REKKEN2A or HELEN1A to avoid the military-controlled airspace on the southeast. That's also why there is no STAR on the southeast.
A prime example is the second link for the NORKU2A arrival by CLH2310.
Bottom line is, if you are flying into Dutch airspace with me controlling, I do not require a flightplan. However, you can expect me to ask you a few questions about what you are wishing to do. Such as "Do you have a route, or would you like to go direct?", "Are you currently direct Schiphol or on a STAR?" or "What's your requested level?".
If you want to file a flightplan or fly with a proper route, I will happily accept it.
Since I know that most pilots are wanting to learn and simulate reality, I will use real phraseology regardless of their skill level. If the pilots don't seem to understand an instruction or ask for clarification, I can explain what I'm talking about and I have done that several times in the past. Next time they fly through and I give them the same instruction, they already know it; so It's really not that difficult to learn something new even if the controller is using real life procedures. This has also happened several times in the past with pilots that fly regularly in my airspace. In fact some people in this thread already know what I'm talking about
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Lastly for the record, going a few posts back, I don't think any controller, including myself has ever forced KL-666 to fly on a published route. In fact, 100% of the time that you flew into my airspace I let you fly direct to the airport and then vectored you for the approach. I never even gave you direct to a waypoint with an altitude restriction (That's what most FG controllers do nowadays anyway).