B752 FLC REQUIRED TO WX DEVIATE INTO MOA. ATC UNABLE TO EFFECT INTERFAC COORD FOR DEV.

Date: 2001-01 · Aircraft: B757-200 · Phase: climb

Anomalies: airspace-violation-all-types|deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|inflight-event-encounter-weather-turbulence

Synopsis

B752 FLC REQUIRED TO WX DEVIATE INTO MOA. ATC UNABLE TO EFFECT INTERFAC COORD FOR DEV.

Narrative

THERE WERE LEVEL 2 AND LEVEL 3 TSTMS IN THE PHOENIX; AZ; AREA; WITH A SIGMET FOR MODERATE ICING FROM 7000 FT MSL TO FL180. WE WERE ISSUED; AND FLEW THE DRY HEAT DEP SID OUT OF PHX. AFTER TKOF ON RWY 7L; AFTER TURNING TO A HDG OF 075 DEGS; CLBING THROUGH 1550 FT; AND THEN TO A 100 DEG HDG FOR VECTORS AND AFTER PASSING THE 4 DME; IT BECAME OBVIOUS THAT THERE WAS LEVEL 1; 2; AND 3 ACTIVITY WITH TURB OFF OF THE L WING (NE) OF THE ACFT; AS EVIDENCED ON OUR COLOR; WX RADAR. THE WX EXTENDED ALONG THE PXR 070 DEG RADIAL TO BAYTA INTXN. AS WE WERE PARALLELING THE EDGE OF THIS WX; WHILE FLYING OUR SID HDG OF 100 DEGS; WE REQUESTED TO PROCEED DIRECT TO THE NEXT WAYPOINT 'CHOPA;' WHICH WAS ALSO ON THE DRY HEAT SID. AFTER THE CTLR ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS TO FLY THROUGH THE WORST OF THE DISPLAYED TURB; DIRECT TO BAYTA INTXN; THE CTLR ADVISED THAT THEY HAD JUST GIVEN AIRSPACE TO THE MIL (R2310?) AND THAT WE WOULD 'NICK' THE NORTHERN EDGE OF IT IF WE DIDN'T TURN. I TURNED AS MUCH AS I COULD TOWARD THE N. THE CTLR WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THROUGH TO THE MIL TO COORDINATE; SO I MAY HAVE NICKED A CORNER OF MIL AIRSPACE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A SAFE RIDE FOR MY PAX. WE WERE SUBSEQUENTLY CLRED DIRECT DRY HEAT; DIRECT IRW; FLT PLAN RTE. PROB: THE PROB IS ON-GOING; THAT MIL OP AREAS TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER CIVILIAN AIRLINE PAX SAFETY; DURING PERIODS OF ADVERSE WX/SEVERE WX CONDITIONS; THEREBY DRASTICALLY LIMITING THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR WX DEVS AND SEVERE WX AVOIDANCE. THE MIL IS SLOW TO RESPOND (OR NOT AT ALL) IN A TIMELY FASHION FOR REQUESTS TO DEVIATE INTO MOA'S; AND THE MIL IS SLOW/RELUCTANT TO RELINQUISH CTL OF AN MOA. BACK TO CIVILIAN ATC CTL; SOLUTION: WHEN THE WX IS HAZARDOUS; THE MIL SHOULD RELINQUISH CTL OF SPECIAL AIRSPACE; BACK TO THE AIR TFC CTLRS FOR OPTIMUM WX DEV POTENTIAL; SO AS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY. NOTE: LIMITED AIRSPACE IN THE 1) ORF ARR RTES AND 2) PHX AREA; MIL SUA CREATES SAFETY CONCERNS DURING SEVERE WX AVOIDANCE CONDITIONS.

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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.