Air carrier flight crew's complaint about the design of the profile descent charts for cyyz.

Attributes
ACN	165060
Time
Date	199012
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cyyz
State Reference	ON
Altitude	msl bound lower : 7000 msl bound upper : 7000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : hou
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent other
Route In Use	arrival : profile descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 9500 flight time type : 4500
ASRS Report	165060
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Chart Or Publication
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Pages 10-2 through 10-2 C for toronto/pearson international airport are very poorly designed. The crossing restrictions seem to point at radial/DME arc's instead of given points. Example approach control expects ricki at a given altitude and speed but the arrow seems to point at a radial (unlabeled)/26 DME arc. It is a violation waiting to happen. This needs redesigning.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR FLT CREW'S COMPLAINT ABOUT THE DESIGN OF THE PROFILE DESCENT CHARTS FOR CYYZ.

Narrative: PAGES 10-2 THROUGH 10-2 C FOR TORONTO/PEARSON INTL ARPT ARE VERY POORLY DESIGNED. THE XING RESTRICTIONS SEEM TO POINT AT RADIAL/DME ARC'S INSTEAD OF GIVEN POINTS. EXAMPLE APCH CTL EXPECTS RICKI AT A GIVEN ALT AND SPD BUT THE ARROW SEEMS TO POINT AT A RADIAL (UNLABELED)/26 DME ARC. IT IS A VIOLATION WAITING TO HAPPEN. THIS NEEDS REDESIGNING.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.