ACR X HAD LANGUAGE BARRIER PROBLEM WITH FOREIGN CTLR POSSIBLE RTE DEV. FOREIGN AIRSPACE.
Synopsis
ACR X HAD LANGUAGE BARRIER PROBLEM WITH FOREIGN CTLR POSSIBLE RTE DEV. FOREIGN AIRSPACE.
Narrative
RECEIVED FOLLOWING CLRNC 'ACR X CLRED RADAR VECTORS POMAS; G581; SABAN; FPR; MAINTAIN FL370; DEP FREQ 126.5; SQUAWK XXXX.' WHEN CLRED FOR TKOF BY NAHA TWR; TWR GAVE CLRNC 'ACR X CLRED FOR TKOF MAINTAIN 2000 FT UNTIL 17 MI ON RWY HDG. DEP CTLR 126.5.' I WAS FLYING; CAPT WAS HANDLING COM. TKOF NORMAL LEVELED AT 2000 FT ON RWY HDG. AFTER CHKING IN ON DEP CTL; WE WERE GIVEN THE FOLLOWING CLRNC; 'TURN L DIRECT KINEN; PACIFIC TRANSITION.' (IT TOOK 3 ATTEMPTS TO UNDERSTAND THIS AS IT WAS READ VERY FAST AND UNINTELLIGIBLY). AFTER NUMEROUS TRANSMISSIONS; WE FINALLY DETERMINED THAT IT WAS ON THE CHINEN 1 DEP. THE CTLR SAID 'NONE OF YOU WANT TO FLY THE CLRNC GIVEN.' CAPT STATED THAT OUR CLRNC WAS 'RV TO POMAS; G581; SABAN.' THE CTLR SAID 'NO ONE COMES OUT OF NAHA WITHOUT A DEFINITE DEP CLRNC.' AGAIN WE STATED OURS WAS A RADAR VECTOR AND WE WOULD LIKE A RADAR VECTOR TO ALC. WE WERE TOLD TO STAND BY AND SO MAINTAINED OUR 040 HDG. WE WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO FLY ANY CLRNC OR SID BUT IT IS NOT SAFE DIGGING THROUGH DEP PLATES TRYING TO FIND KINEN OR A TRANSITION WHEN NO SID WAS GIVEN ORIGINALLY OR BY THE CTLR. THERE NEEDS TO BE BETTER COORD BY CLRNC DELIVERY; TWR; AND DEP CTL. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 214367: IF WE WERE GIVEN A SPECIFIC DEP OUT OF NAHA; FINDING AN INTXN IS NOT A PROBLEM. BEING GIVEN A DIRECT CLRNC TO AN UNDEFINED INTXN THAT IS NOT EASILY RECOGNIZABLE IS VERY DIFFICULT. THE INTXN WAS NOT ON ANY OF THE CHARTS; ONLY ON THE SID; WHICH WE WERE NOT ASSIGNED. WE WERE GIVEN A CLRNC TO ALC THEN FLT PLAN RTE; AND THE REST OF THE FLT WENT SMOOTHLY. IN SUMMARY: EITHER A) WE WERE NOT GIVEN A CHINEN 1 DEP PACIFIC TRANSITION; OR B) IF CLRNC DELIVERY DID; IN FACT; ISSUE A CHINEN 1 DEP PACIFIC TRANSITION; THE 3 OF US DID NOT HEAR THIS AND WHEN THE COPLT READ BACK THE CLRNC; AS WE UNDERSTOOD IT; THE CTLR DID NOT CORRECT THE READBACK.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.