AN ACR LTT PLT STATES THAT HE IS OFTEN EXPECTED TO FLY A ROUTING THAT DIFFERS FROM THE CTR STORED RTING THAT HIS COMPANY GIVES HIM WITH HIS PAPERWORK.
Synopsis
AN ACR LTT PLT STATES THAT HE IS OFTEN EXPECTED TO FLY A ROUTING THAT DIFFERS FROM THE CTR STORED RTING THAT HIS COMPANY GIVES HIM WITH HIS PAPERWORK.
Narrative
I FLY FOR A COMMUTER AIRLINE THAT USES CTR STORED FLT PLAN. OUR FLT RELEASES SHOW ALT AND RTE OF FLT AND ARE CARRIED ON EACH FLT. I OCCASIONALLY FIND THAT THE CLRNC ISSUING FACILITY AND THE SUBSEQUENT ARTCCS DO NOT HAVE THE SAME ROUTING. NO CONFLICT OR PROB OCCURRED ON THIS DAY; BUT ZOB HAD ROUTING AS: SUM; CRL; DJB; U-30 ACO V- 337 CUTTA; PIT. MY RELEASE HAD ROUTING AS: SUM CRL ACO V- 337 CUTTA PIT. A FULL RTE CLRNC FOR EACH FLT MIGHT SOLVE THIS PROB AND THEN AGAIN IT MIGHT NOT IF THE PROB IS ATC INTERNAL. I HAVE ADDRESSED THIS PROB WITH MY COMPANY AND THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A REASON OR FIX. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTING PLT; A LINE CHK AIRMAN; DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE SHOULD BE ANY CONFUSION BTWN WHAT THE COMPANY HAS FILED AND THE ROUTING THAT HE GETS WHEN HE CALLS FOR HIS CLRNC. SOMETIMES THERE ARE 3 OR 4 CLRNCS AND RE-ROUTINGS DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF DAY AND THE TFC SIT. HE IS CONCERNED WITH THE ROUTING THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO FLY IF THERE WERE A COMPLETE LOSS OF COM AND A POSSIBLE CONFLICT AND VIOLATION SIT WHEN HE STRIKES OUT ON AN INCORRECT RTING. HIS COMPANY HAS TRIED TO FIX THE SIT WITH NO LUCK.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.