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Air carrier captain requested an amended routing from dispatch during preflight preparations in order to avoid flying too close to the iranian border.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1718977 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202001 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 15600 Flight Crew Type 10800 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Security |
Narrative:
I called dispatch over 4 hours prior to my departure to share my concerns regarding flying through the middle east. I wanted to be sure I was not being routed over ranah on the turkmenistan/afghanistan border. I was told by the dispatcher that ranah was the planned route. I told her that I wanted to be routed over amdar further to the north. I felt the route through turkmenistan was too close to the iranian border. Only about 20 miles. I believe that under the current geo-political issues with the region; we should not be using this route. The dispatcher did agree to change my route. However; I believe company policy should remove the southern route as a dispatch option.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain requested an amended routing from Dispatch during preflight preparations in order to avoid flying too close to the Iranian border.
Narrative: I called Dispatch over 4 hours prior to my departure to share my concerns regarding flying through the Middle East. I wanted to be sure I was not being routed over RANAH on the Turkmenistan/Afghanistan border. I was told by the Dispatcher that RANAH was the planned route. I told her that I wanted to be routed over AMDAR further to the north. I felt the route through Turkmenistan was too close to the Iranian border. Only about 20 miles. I believe that under the current geo-political issues with the region; we should not be using this route. The Dispatcher did agree to change my route. However; I believe company policy should remove the southern route as a dispatch option.
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.