Aircraft are assigned wrong altitude for direction of flight in oceanic airspace.

Attributes
ACN	108797
Time
Date	198904
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zoa
State Reference	CA
Aircraft 1
Route In Use	enroute airway : zoa
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller non radar : 4 controller radar : 1
ASRS Report	108797
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Controllers in oceanic area are habitually assigning aircraft wrong altitudes for direction of flight for fuel conservation in violation of ICAO annex 2, appendix C, 7110.65E, paragraph 4-40 and 4-41, and 7110.83B section paragraph 2-42. Sometimes these altitudes are being issued in bi-directional flows and poor HF communications. In conjunction with this report, I have submitted a local suggestion form with 3 possible solutions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT ARE ASSIGNED WRONG ALT FOR DIRECTION OF FLT IN OCEANIC AIRSPACE.

Narrative: CTLRS IN OCEANIC AREA ARE HABITUALLY ASSIGNING ACFT WRONG ALTS FOR DIRECTION OF FLT FOR FUEL CONSERVATION IN VIOLATION OF ICAO ANNEX 2, APPENDIX C, 7110.65E, PARAGRAPH 4-40 AND 4-41, AND 7110.83B SECTION PARAGRAPH 2-42. SOMETIMES THESE ALTS ARE BEING ISSUED IN BI-DIRECTIONAL FLOWS AND POOR HF COMS. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS RPT, I HAVE SUBMITTED A LCL SUGGESTION FORM WITH 3 POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS.

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.