Narrative:

While climbing out on the rambl 1 departure; ATC gave us 'climb via SID; except maintain 17;000 feet'. The pilot monitoring read back the clearance and said 'climb unrestricted to 17;000 feet. ATC did not correct the readback; and we proceeded to continue the SID with a climb to 17000 feet. If the clearance readback to ATC was not correct; the controller should have corrected us; however; I should have made sure this was his intention.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-700 Fligt Crew reports being cleared to 'Climb via SID; except maintain 17;000 feet'. The First Officer read back; 'climb unrestricted to 17;000' and was not corrected. The crossing restriction at ARILE was not clomplied with.

Narrative: While climbing out on the RAMBL 1 Departure; ATC gave us 'Climb via SID; except maintain 17;000 feet'. The Pilot Monitoring read back the clearance and said 'climb unrestricted to 17;000 feet. ATC did not correct the readback; and we proceeded to continue the SID with a climb to 17000 feet. If the clearance readback to ATC was not correct; the Controller should have corrected us; however; I should have made sure this was his intention.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.