An A310 flight crew departing sju contacted departure immediately after departure as directed by the...

Attributes
ACN	1010348
Time
Date	201205
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	SJU.Airport
State Reference	PR
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A310
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	SID ACONY ONE
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Aero Charts
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

The sju RNAV SID 5-10 page states in bold print: after takeoff; contact departure control on assigned frequency. We understood this to direct an automatic switch after takeoff. Upon contacting departure; we were told to return to tower frequency. Tower controller asked why we changed frequencies without being told. I stated directions in SID departure procedure. Tower stated to wait for frequency change in future. Tower then switched us to departure without further comment. I reviewed other sids and this verbiage was not included. Many international locations have this directive so it was confusing to read and then be reprimanded for doing as SID directs.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A310 flight crew departing SJU contacted Departure immediately after departure as directed by the narrative page of their commercially (2) provided ACONY RNAV SID procedure. Departure sent them back to the Tower to receive clearance to change frequencies.

Narrative: The SJU RNAV SID 5-10 page states in bold print: After takeoff; contact Departure Control on assigned frequency. We understood this to direct an automatic switch after takeoff. Upon contacting Departure; we were told to return to Tower Frequency. Tower Controller asked why we changed frequencies without being told. I stated directions in SID departure procedure. Tower stated to wait for frequency change in future. Tower then switched us to Departure without further comment. I reviewed other SIDs and this verbiage was not included. Many international locations have this directive so it was confusing to read and then be reprimanded for doing as SID directs.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

An A310 flight crew departing sju contacted departure immediately after departure as directed by the narrative page of their commercially (2) provided acony RNAV SID procedure. Departure sent them back to the tower to receive clearance to change frequencies.