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Airline dispatcher protests company outline of restrictions on dispatching for drift down and description of capts options.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 175319 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199103 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : msp |
| State Reference | MN |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 18000 msl bound upper : 37000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 175319 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter other other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Chart Or Publication |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Company publication 'on course' contains erroneous statements from performance engineering which would cause violations of far 121.191 regarding en route limitations, one engine inoperative. Article states that the PIC is free to deviation from the driftdown route specified in the dispatch release.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AIRLINE DISPATCHER PROTESTS COMPANY OUTLINE OF RESTRICTIONS ON DISPATCHING FOR DRIFT DOWN AND DESCRIPTION OF CAPTS OPTIONS.
Narrative: COMPANY PUBLICATION 'ON COURSE' CONTAINS ERRONEOUS STATEMENTS FROM PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING WHICH WOULD CAUSE VIOLATIONS OF FAR 121.191 REGARDING ENRTE LIMITATIONS, ONE ENG INOPERATIVE. ARTICLE STATES THAT THE PIC IS FREE TO DEV FROM THE DRIFTDOWN RTE SPECIFIED IN THE DISPATCH RELEASE.
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.