A B747-400 captain writes a report stating the deficiency of fans and the problems it causes.

Attributes
ACN	414941
Time
Date	199809
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zoa
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : pacific
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 27000 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	414941
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Fans problems: 1) there is no line select feature to report leaving an assigned altitude. 2) the standard procedures differ from the conventional pilot/ATC procedures. Example, ATC does not acknowledge receipt of reports, such as: position, leaving altitude, reaching altitude, etc.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B747-400 CAPT WRITES A RPT STATING THE DEFICIENCY OF FANS AND THE PROBS IT CAUSES.

Narrative: FANS PROBS: 1) THERE IS NO LINE SELECT FEATURE TO RPT LEAVING AN ASSIGNED ALT. 2) THE STANDARD PROCS DIFFER FROM THE CONVENTIONAL PLT/ATC PROCS. EXAMPLE, ATC DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF RPTS, SUCH AS: POS, LEAVING ALT, REACHING ALT, ETC.

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.