Just look at that gorgeous detailed route of a a random recent flight,
RPLL CAB N884 CUY N884 ALBAX Y533 AZAMA Y57 IGMIS Y57 POROT Y809 AVBET OTR9 EMRON 4200N/16000E 4400N/17000E 4700N/18000E 4700N/17000W 4600N/16000W 4500N/15000W 4300N/14000W 4000N/13000W DACEM PAINT PIRAT PIRAT2 KSFO
But by the time you are reading this, a couple days after the flight, all that will remain are the final five points,
4000N/13000W DACEM PAINT PIRAT PIRAT2 KSFO
Wait, the problem in fact is the truncation happens before the flight gets into the system.
So some flights will have a full route, some will only have five points.
I.e., once they are assigned their route, they will carry a short or a long route and it won’t change for the better or worse later.
This also degrades
