ACR WDB TRACK HDG DEV ENRTE SJU-JFK.
Synopsis
ACR WDB TRACK HDG DEV ENRTE SJU-JFK.
Narrative
SJU INTL NOTAM DESCRIBES STATIONARY ALT RESERVATION AREA. PRESUMABLE THIS AREA WAS DESIGNATED TO RECOVER DEBRIS FROM A MISSILE LAUNCH FROM CAPE CANAVERAL. NUMEROUS RERTES WERE IN EFFECT. SJU CLRNC DELIVERY GAVE US A CLRNC TO NEW YORK AS FOLLOWS: C JFK; ROR VECT DDP; A523 GRANN; DIRECT N24/W6545; DIRECT N26 W6030; DIRECT MOFFY DIRECT GABES; B24; A300; OWENS; AS FILED. AFTER THE READBACK THE CLRNC WAS MODIFIED AND REISSUED AS FOLLOWS: C JFK; VORMO 2 GARNN; DIRECT N24/W6545; DIRECT N26 W6030; DIRECT MOFFY; DIRECT GABES; B24; A300; OWENS; AS FILED. CLRNC WAS READ BACK AGAIN AND ROGERED BY SAN JUAN CLRNC DELIVERY. (SJU CPT). AFTER TKOF AND CONTACTING SJU OCEANIC RADAR; THE CLRNC WAS NOT RECONFIRMED WITH THAT CTLR. AFTER LEVELING OFF IN CRUISE AND APCHING GRANN INTXN; THE SAN JUAN RADAR CTLR CHANGED US OVER TO COMMERCIAL RADIO ON HIGH FREQ RADIOS. DUE TO THE VOLUME OF HF RADIO TFC; WE WERE UNABLE TO PASS OUR GRANN POS RPT TO NY; AND WE COMBINED OUR GRANN POS WITH OUR N24 W6545 POS 4 MINS LATER. IN THAT RPT WE GAVE OUR ESTIMATE FOR N26 W6030 AND MOFFY NEXT. WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR A HF PHONE PATCH WITH OUR NY DISPATCHER FOR A FLT PLAN REANALYSIS; THE NY COMMERCIAL OPERATOR PATCHED THE NY OCEANIC CTLR THROUGH TO US. NY OCEANIC ATC TOLD US THE WAYPOINT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE N26 W6430 RATHER THEN THE N26 W6030 WE HAD BEEN ISSUED BY SJU CLRNC DELIVERY. NY OCEANIC ATC REQUESTED OUR POS (N24 40 W64) AND CLRED US DIRECT TO MOFFY. I SHOULD HAVE RECONFIRMED THE RTING WITH THE SJU RADAR OCEANIC CTLR. I SHOULD HAVE RECONFIRMED THE RTING WITH NY OCEANIC CTL THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL HF OPERATOR PRIOR TO REACHING GRANN AND ENTERING NY OCEANIC AIRSPACE. AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING BIASED OR CHAUVANISTIC; I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE SJU CERAP CTLR WORKING THE CLRNC DELIVERY POS AT THE TIME OF THIS EVENT WAS A FEMALE HISPANIC.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.