Narrative:

King air called VFR off of one of the little airports from C90. The king air called me to open his IFR flight plan. I gave him is code. I observed that he was still in C90's airspace and told him to remain VFR. In the past I have told aircraft to contact the C90 controller for an IFR clearance; but routinely C90 does not respond to the pilots or tells the pilot to contact center. In this case the C90 controller added a frc (full route clearence) in the remarks of the flight plan. I did not notice the frc. I noticed that the flight plan had the east track in his route. The east track would take him out of his way. So I waited until the king air entered my airspace and routed the the aircraft to mia via direct 'iiu rest of route unchanged' to save him some flying miles. I pointed the king air out to two different sectors and climbed him to FL230. He was on my frequency until he reached about FL200 and I handed him off to the high altitude sector and change communications with the aircraft. Apparently; iiu was not in his original flight plan. Why he did not question the clearance is baffling? He was on frequency for approximately ten minutes. The C90 controller gets a tag on a departure like that and should have been known about the frc and mentioned something to me when the aircraft is in his airspace looking for an IFR clearance. Recommendation; C90 should be more willing to work departing aircraft in the airspace. After years of not giving clearances to aircraft at minor airports; C90 has conditioned the pilots to call center for IFR clearance. C90 puts in frc and sees these pilots taking off; sees the code changes; sees the aircraft tag up on the radar they need to make sure the frc they put in the flight plans get issued.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZAU Controller described an IFR departure event from an airport within C90's airspace that resulted in confused routing assignments; the reporter noting C90's unwillingness to handle these types of operations.

Narrative: King Air called VFR off of one of the little airports from C90. The King Air called me to open his IFR flight plan. I gave him is code. I observed that he was still in C90's airspace and told him to remain VFR. In the past I have told aircraft to contact the C90 Controller for an IFR clearance; but routinely C90 does not respond to the pilots or tells the pilot to contact Center. In this case the C90 Controller added a FRC (Full Route Clearence) in the remarks of the flight plan. I did not notice the FRC. I noticed that the flight plan had the E track in his route. The E track would take him out of his way. So I waited until the King Air entered my airspace and routed the the aircraft to MIA via direct 'IIU rest of route unchanged' to save him some flying miles. I pointed the King Air out to two different Sectors and climbed him to FL230. He was on my frequency until he reached about FL200 and I handed him off to the high altitude sector and change communications with the aircraft. Apparently; IIU was not in his original flight plan. Why he did not question the clearance is baffling? He was on frequency for approximately ten minutes. The C90 controller gets a tag on a departure like that and should have been known about the FRC and mentioned something to me when the aircraft is in his airspace looking for an IFR clearance. Recommendation; C90 should be more willing to work departing aircraft in the airspace. After years of not giving clearances to aircraft at minor airports; C90 has conditioned the pilots to call Center for IFR clearance. C90 puts in FRC and sees these pilots taking off; sees the code changes; sees the aircraft tag up on the RADAR they need to make sure the FRC they put in the flight plans get issued.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.