AN ACR F100 CAPT COMPLAINS ABOUT THE VERY COMPLICATED ROUTINGS GIVEN TO CROSS ZNY AIRSPACE.
Synopsis
AN ACR F100 CAPT COMPLAINS ABOUT THE VERY COMPLICATED ROUTINGS GIVEN TO CROSS ZNY AIRSPACE.
Narrative
WHILE NAVING FROM RDU TO SWF; WE WERE CLRED TO LVZ VIA J220/J49/J70. JUST AFTER PASSING FORTT INTXN; OUR FMS COMMANDED THE ACFT INTO A R TURN TO INTERCEPT J49. ZNY CALLED US AND TOLD US TO TURN L TO A 350 DEG HDG TO INTERCEPT J49. I NOTED OUR POS AND IT WAS ON THE LVZ 270 DEG RADIAL; 73 DME; WHICH SEEMED APPROPRIATE. THEY EVIDENTLY THOUGHT NOT. I FREQUENTLY OPERATE ON THIS RTE AND IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO PASS FORTT AND EITHER BE CLRED 1) DIRECT LVZ DIRECT LHY; 2) J220/J49/J70 LVZ DIRECT LHY; OR 3) J220/J227/J49/J70 LVZ. THIS IS VERY CUMBERSOME; ESPECIALLY SINCE IT IS ALWAYS GIVEN AS AN AMENDMENT AND USUALLY ATC GIVES MINIMAL TIME TO SET IT UP IN THE FMS. IT WOULD SEEM; TOO; THAT ATC WOULD ALLOW FOR THE 8 MI WIDTH AND 4.5 DEG DIVERGING OF AIRWAYS; ESPECIALLY WHEN DEALING WITH J-SHAPED MULTIPLE AIRWAY SEGMENTS. AS HAPPENED THIS EVENING AND AS ALWAYS HAPPENS; ATC MAKES A BIG DEAL ABOUT FLYING THE MULTIPLE INTERSECTING AIRWAYS; THEN AFTER YOU ARE ESTABLISHED; THEY CLR YOU DIRECT LHY. LARGE JET ACFT FLYING 400+ KTS NEED TURNING ROOM!
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.