Narrative:

Being the last day of a 4 day sequence and being in somewhat of a rush, I missed the route change given by dispatch. For the past 4 yrs it's always been the 271 degree radial out of nassau to intercept the arrival. The new route that I missed was north toward freeport. Being we were filed for 6000 ft and the MEA was 11000 ft, I planned to ask center for 12000 ft which is what we usually received. After nassau departure handed us off to center with no mention of our route we were unable to raise them. Since we were assigned 6000 ft, I couldn't climb to 12000 ft without permission. We continued to fly our normal route until contacting center at which point nothing was said. From now on, I will always doublechk the filed route no matter how many times I have flown it.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LTT ACFT. RPTR CAPT SAYS ON THE LAST DAY OF A 4 DAY SEQUENCE AND BEING IN SOMEWHAT OF A RUSH, HE MISSED SEEING THE ROUTING CHANGE. THUS, THE USUAL RTE FLOWN WOULD PROVIDE FOR A HIGHER ALT WHEN HANDED OFF FROM DEP CTLR, BUT ON THIS RTE RPTR WAS UNABLE TO ESTABLISH COM WITH CTR AND HAD TO REMAIN AT AN ALT BELOW MEA.

Narrative: BEING THE LAST DAY OF A 4 DAY SEQUENCE AND BEING IN SOMEWHAT OF A RUSH, I MISSED THE RTE CHANGE GIVEN BY DISPATCH. FOR THE PAST 4 YRS IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE 271 DEG RADIAL OUT OF NASSAU TO INTERCEPT THE ARR. THE NEW RTE THAT I MISSED WAS N TOWARD FREEPORT. BEING WE WERE FILED FOR 6000 FT AND THE MEA WAS 11000 FT, I PLANNED TO ASK CTR FOR 12000 FT WHICH IS WHAT WE USUALLY RECEIVED. AFTER NASSAU DEP HANDED US OFF TO CTR WITH NO MENTION OF OUR RTE WE WERE UNABLE TO RAISE THEM. SINCE WE WERE ASSIGNED 6000 FT, I COULDN'T CLB TO 12000 FT WITHOUT PERMISSION. WE CONTINUED TO FLY OUR NORMAL RTE UNTIL CONTACTING CTR AT WHICH POINT NOTHING WAS SAID. FROM NOW ON, I WILL ALWAYS DOUBLECHK THE FILED RTE NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE FLOWN IT.

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.