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An S80 captain is frustrated that his dispatch department continues to file flight plans for which the aircraft assigned is not equipped.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 452780 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199910 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 452780 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel oversight : coordinator |
| Qualification | other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Flight plan had route stl-rzc-fsm-rzc. Fsm cannot be naved with /a equipped aircraft. This is a recurring problem, ie, dispatch filing rtes that cannot be naved without long-range navigation. If I am wrong, and it is appropriate to file rtes which we cannot navigation, why don't we file radar vectors direct? It will save a lot of time and money.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN S80 CAPT IS FRUSTRATED THAT HIS DISPATCH DEPT CONTINUES TO FILE FLT PLANS FOR WHICH THE ACFT ASSIGNED IS NOT EQUIPPED.
Narrative: FLT PLAN HAD RTE STL-RZC-FSM-RZC. FSM CANNOT BE NAVED WITH /A EQUIPPED ACFT. THIS IS A RECURRING PROB, IE, DISPATCH FILING RTES THAT CANNOT BE NAVED WITHOUT LONG-RANGE NAV. IF I AM WRONG, AND IT IS APPROPRIATE TO FILE RTES WHICH WE CANNOT NAV, WHY DON'T WE FILE RADAR VECTORS DIRECT? IT WILL SAVE A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY.
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.