I'd love to know why, yet again, on a flight from Blackpool to Teeside in this instance, ATC says I can descend from cruise altitude, when I am still in easy sight of Blackpool Tower and the three piers. OK, 'when ready' but I only just got to cruise alt and have quite a long flight ahead of me (given I am flying a slow SAAB 340) before I even reach my flight plan's ToD.
How can I set up my plans for PF3 differently so as not to be given descent instructions this early? I already usually add manual waypoints around the ToD of my PF3 version of the Little Navmap plan (I prefer to keep doing this in the end, than use the new option to 'clean' the plan of SID/STAR), supposedly to avoid thus, but ...
Does the fact I am taking off initially heading west before 'doubling back' cause an issue perhaps?
Thanks!!