ZTL CTLR EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION REGARDING AN INCORRECT FILED FLT PLAN.
Synopsis
ZTL CTLR EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION REGARDING AN INCORRECT FILED FLT PLAN.
Narrative
ACFT X DEPARTED JQF (CONCORD; NC) FOR ANE. AS SOON AS ACFT X CHKED IN I STARTED QUIZZING HIM ABOUT HIS FLT PLAN. HE FILED JQF DIRECT TO A FIX ON THE EAU6 ARR TO ANE. HE FILED VIA INTERNET. I ASKED HOW HE WAS CLRED. (NOTICE FULL RTE CLRNC IN THE REMARKS SECTION.) HE WAS CLRED JQF HORNET 1 NALY HMV DIRECT TO THE LATITUDE/LONGITUDES THEN THE EAUCLAIRE 6 ARR TO ANE. HE ACCEPTED THE CLRNC EVEN THOUGH HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE LATITUDE/LONGITUDES WERE. HE LATER DISCOVERED THEY BELONGED TO ANE. SO HE WAS CLRED HMV ANE EAU6 ANE. THIS IS A MULTIFACETED PROB. 1) THE PLT FILED A FLT PLAN THAT WAS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIM. 2) ON-LINE SVC PROVIDER INSERTED THE LATITUDE/LONGITUDES (THAT THE PLT DIDN'T FILE) TO 'MAKE' THE DATA PROCESSING WORK. 3) CLT APCH CLRED THE ACFT TO THE LATITUDE/LONGITUDES. 4) THE FIRST CTR SECTOR DID NOT REVIEW THE PROPOSED FLT PLAN AND CORRECT IT; AS THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO. 5) THE PLT ACCEPTED THE CLRNC WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE THE LATITUDE/LONGITUDES WERE. 6) NOBODY BOTHERED TO FIX IT; EVEN AFTER THE ERROR WAS DISCOVERED. 7) I CLRED HIM TO BAE (WHERE THE ARR STARTS) EAU6 ANE.
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