AN ATX LR25 FREIGHTER CAPT ARRIVED AND DEPARTED FROM AN ARPT WITHOUT THE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED BY TEMPORARY OPERATING RULES DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THE TFC FOR A SPECIAL EVENT. THE FLC RELIED ON INFO FROM HIS COMPANY'S DISPATCH PERSONNEL.

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ON APR/XA/98 AT APPROX XA00 LCL; I DEPARTED MWO ON A FREIGHT TRIP TO BRING PARTS TO ATLANTA; GA. I WAS INFORMED BY COMPANY DISPATCH THAT DUE TO RESERVATION CONFLICTS IN AUGUSTA; I WAS TO DROP THE PARTS WHICH ORIGINATED IN CLEVELAND; OH; TO AIKEN; SC; WHICH OPERATED ON A FIRST COME; FIRST SERVE BASIS WITH NO REQUIRED RESERVATION. I OBTAINED A COMPUTER BRIEFING ON THE RTE AND FILED AN IFR FLT PLAN FROM MWO TO BKL AND ONE FROM BKL TO AIK. THE FLT WAS TOTALLY NORMAL AND VERY LITTLE TFC WAS NOTICED INBOUND TO AIKEN; SC. APPROX 25 SM FROM AIK; WE HAD THE ARPT IN SIGHT; CANCELED THE IFR FLT PLAN AND CONTINUED VISUALLY. AFTER LNDG AND UNLOADING THE CARGO I ATTEMPTED TO FILE AN OUTBOUND IFR WITH FSS AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE NOTAM FOR AGS ALSO SERVED AIK; REQUIRING A RESERVATION FOR BOTH IN- AND OUTBOUND IFR FLTS. I THEN FILED AN IFR FLT PLAN TO BE PICKED UP OVER THE GOODLAND VOR APPROX 35 NM NW OF AIK. DEPARTED VFR AND RECEIVED MY CLRNC FROM CTR. I LEARNED ONE VERY IMPORTANT LESSON FROM THIS DAY THAT I WON'T TRUST ANY ONE ELSE TO DETERMINE DESTS AND INFLT RULES; ETC. ALSO THAT I FOUND THAT SINCE AIK IS NOT A RPTING STATION; IT IS NOT IN THE COMPUTER TO RECEIVE WX AND NOTAM INFO. A HUMAN BRIEFER MAY HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL INFO NEEDED FOR A SAFE FLT.