A319 flight crew departing sfo on the SSTIK1 reports receiving several vectors and ultimately direct...

Attributes
ACN	1232088
Time
Date	201501
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	SFO.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	SID SSTIK ONE
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 3000
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 23500 Flight Crew Type 4500
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Undershoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

Cleared SSTIK1 departure; after takeoff assigned heading 270 for traffic; then further left to a heading of 180. SID requires at or below 10000 feet at porte; no other altitude assigned. Before reaching porte; received left turn to 090; direct ntell when able. As pilot flying I leveled off at 10000 feet; since we were still north of porte and never received clearance to resume SSTIK1 departure nor had there been a different altitude assigned. SID clearly states; after porte; on transition; continue climb to FL190. We never reached porte; never received clearance to resume/join the transition; all vectoring was before porte. It sounded like the controller has expected us to continue our climb to FL190 without ever reaching porte or rejoining the departure transition.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 flight crew departing SFO on the SSTIK1 reports receiving several vectors and ultimately direct NTELL; prior to reaching PORTE. The crew levels at 10;000 feet since they have not passed PORTE; which is not what ATC was expecting.

Narrative: Cleared SSTIK1 departure; after takeoff assigned heading 270 for traffic; then further left to a heading of 180. SID requires at or below 10000 feet at PORTE; no other altitude assigned. Before reaching PORTE; received left turn to 090; direct NTELL when able. As Pilot Flying I leveled off at 10000 feet; since we were still North of PORTE and never received clearance to resume SSTIK1 departure nor had there been a different altitude assigned. SID clearly states; after PORTE; on transition; continue climb to FL190. We never reached PORTE; never received clearance to resume/join the transition; all vectoring was before PORTE. It sounded like the controller has expected us to continue our climb to FL190 without ever reaching PORTE or rejoining the departure transition.

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.

A319 flight crew departing sfo on the SSTIK1 reports receiving several vectors and ultimately direct ntell; prior to reaching porte. The crew levels at 10;000 feet since they have not passed porte; which is not what ATC was expecting.