Definition
An advisory issued by Air Traffic Control to a pilot, indicating the routing the pilot can expect to receive in a future clearance, should radio communication with ATC be lost.
Plain English
ATC is telling you ahead of time which airways, routes, or fixes you should plan to fly if you lose radio contact and don't receive your next clearance.
Context Anchor
Heard in instrument flight clearances when ATC has not yet cleared the aircraft all the way to the destination or needs the pilot to plan for a later route.
Why Pilots Care
Allows pilots to prepare mentally for upcoming route changes without assuming the listed items are part of the current clearance.
Intuition Check
Do not treat “expect” as “cleared.” “Expect further clearance via” means “plan for this later,” not “fly this now.”
Example Sentence 1
Cleared to the LAKES intersection, hold as published, expect further clearance via V23 to destination at 1845 Zulu.
Example Sentence 2
After the initial routing, the controller added expect further clearance via airways to the north.