Or he shouldn't have changed his flight plan without letting the ATC know, these things cause massive headaches for everyone else. ATC can't have regular service running when there's a rogue flight in the air.

He's lucky he is getting off with a slap on the wrist basically. The entitlement some people have is bewildering.

There are many ways to get approval for a flight to the Antarctic. Do it the right way.

I bet there's huge air traffic in Antarctic. He surely inconvenienced many busy penguins.