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EMB145 captain believes that the kiddz 1 arrival hou is too demanding for pilots of older technology aircraft such as his.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1176618 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201405 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | HOU.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | STAR KIDDZ 1 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Kiddz 1 arrival is new and very high pilot workload. The controller was chewing out several guys who weren't exactly on the 'descend via the STAR.' this arrival takes full concentration and if there were weather or other issues to deal with; it would be too much. Various step downs in very short distances with a few different speeds makes what I feel to be too much work load unless you have a modern plane with avionics that will do all the VNAV automatically for you. We never busted anything; but were both astonished at the amount of work this arrival took. We felt like we were in a sim ride. Ask FAA to rewrite these arrivals to be less workload for the pilots for safety sake.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB145 Captain believes that the KIDDZ 1 arrival HOU is too demanding for pilots of older technology aircraft such as his.
Narrative: KIDDZ 1 arrival is new and very high pilot workload. The Controller was chewing out several guys who weren't exactly on the 'descend via the STAR.' This arrival takes full concentration and if there were weather or other issues to deal with; it would be too much. Various step downs in very short distances with a few different speeds makes what I feel to be too much work load unless you have a modern plane with avionics that will do all the VNAV automatically for you. We never busted anything; but were both astonished at the amount of work this arrival took. We felt like we were in a sim ride. Ask FAA to rewrite these arrivals to be less workload for the pilots for safety sake.
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