C525 FLC RESOLVES MULTIPLE CLRNC ERRORS FIRST WITH IAH CD; THEN D10 AND FINALLY ZFW.
Synopsis
C525 FLC RESOLVES MULTIPLE CLRNC ERRORS FIRST WITH IAH CD; THEN D10 AND FINALLY ZFW.
Narrative
NUMEROUS 'LITTLE' MISTAKES WERE MADE BY CENTER; FLT SVC AND CTLRS ON THIS FLT. I AM NOT COMPLAINING; I WAS ABLE TO FIGURE EACH OUT AND IT GET CLARIFIED. ONE CTLR MAY HAVE THOUGHT I SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT SOMETHING QUICKER. I AM CRITICAL OF MYSELF AND WISH I HAD TOO; BUT I AM NOT THE 'BAD GUY' HERE. IFR FLT LOVE; DALLAS TO CANCUN; MX. CLRNC DELIVERY SAID 'STRANGELY; THERE ARE 3 FLT PLANS FOR YOU AND YOUR FILED ALT OF FL390 IS NONSTD' WOULD YOU LIKE FL400 OR FL420? (EVENTUALLY I GOT MY CORRECTLY FILED FL390) CLRNC DELIVERY SAID; 'CLRED JOE POOLE 'BILEE' 'TNV' 'INTERCONTINENTAL' SBI; ETC.' I FIGURED OUT 'INTERCONTINENTAL' WAS 'HUMBLE' OR IAH AND GOT THAT CLARIFIED. ON CLBOUT; WAS GIVEN HDG 'TO INTERCEPT DEP' 120 DEG; BUT IN ORDER INTERCEPT; WAS LATER GIVEN 180 DEGS AS I WAS RIGHT OVER THE VOR. ONE CTLR MAY HAVE THOUGHT I WAS OFF COURSE AS HE ASKED TO CLARIFY JOE POOLE 9 WAS ASSIGNED. THE CENTER CTLR ASKED 'ARE YOU ASSIGNED JOE POOLE 9 NAVASOTA' (TNV). I ANSWERED 'AFFIRMATIVE' BECAUSE I 'KNEW WHAT HE MEANT.' TECHNICALLY; HIS QUESTION WAS WRONG AS JOE POOLE 9 GOES TO BILEE; NOT NAVASOTA. MY CLRNC AFTER SBI WAS DIRECT CUN WHICH I EXPECTED WOULD LATER BE CHANGED TO MY FILED A766 OTELO; UJ52; CUN. BUT CENTER CLRED ME' SBI; A766; EDGAR; UJ52; CUN.' NOW I KNEW EDGAR IS NOT ON UJ52 AND THAT THEY MEANT OTELO; WHICH I EVENTUALLY GOT CLARIFIED.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.