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Air carrier first officer's complaint about similar sounding intersection names on batsn STAR for hub.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 100741 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198810 |
| Day | Tue |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iah |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Route In Use | arrival star : star |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 275 flight time total : 10500 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 100741 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Chart Or Publication |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Houston hobby batsn 1 arrival (batsn.batsn 1) intxns genbe and haney are difficult to distinguish when approach control mentions them. This has caused confusion several times when flying this arrival. Suggest a name change for at least one of them.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR FO'S COMPLAINT ABOUT SIMILAR SOUNDING INTERSECTION NAMES ON BATSN STAR FOR HUB.
Narrative: HOUSTON HOBBY BATSN 1 ARRIVAL (BATSN.BATSN 1) INTXNS GENBE AND HANEY ARE DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH WHEN APCH CTL MENTIONS THEM. THIS HAS CAUSED CONFUSION SEVERAL TIMES WHEN FLYING THIS ARRIVAL. SUGGEST A NAME CHANGE FOR AT LEAST ONE OF THEM.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.