Air carrier widebody transport departed a foreign milfac without complete ATC clearance.

Attributes
ACN	120765
Time
Date	198908
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mhz
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : bos
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 16000
ASRS Report	120765
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Departed MHZ (mildenhall AFB uk) on charter west/O complete ATC clearance. Obtained clearance from london central before entering controled airspace. Copilot asked MHZ for clearance and received departure instructions, but not a full ATC route clearance. A bit confusing as this reporter was on his first trip as captain! The british do some strange things and call things by different names. A bit confusing. I don't believe any violation was committed, but I thought the copilot had obtained a clearance per SOP, but he only got a partial clearance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR WDB DEPARTED A FOREIGN MILFAC WITHOUT COMPLETE ATC CLRNC.

Narrative: DEPARTED MHZ (MILDENHALL AFB UK) ON CHARTER W/O COMPLETE ATC CLRNC. OBTAINED CLRNC FROM LONDON CENTRAL BEFORE ENTERING CTLED AIRSPACE. COPLT ASKED MHZ FOR CLRNC AND RECEIVED DEP INSTRUCTIONS, BUT NOT A FULL ATC ROUTE CLRNC. A BIT CONFUSING AS THIS RPTR WAS ON HIS FIRST TRIP AS CAPT! THE BRITISH DO SOME STRANGE THINGS AND CALL THINGS BY DIFFERENT NAMES. A BIT CONFUSING. I DON'T BELIEVE ANY VIOLATION WAS COMMITTED, BUT I THOUGHT THE COPLT HAD OBTAINED A CLRNC PER SOP, BUT HE ONLY GOT A PARTIAL CLRNC.

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.