Air carrier put on collision course with military fighters.

Attributes
ACN	453254
Time
Date	199910
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mco.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl single value : 14000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zjx.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zjx.artcc
Operator	other
Make Model Name	Eagle (F-15)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	453254
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

ATC forgot about us and left us on a collision course with 2 F15 eagles. I believe the controller was overworked in a redundant situation and not being required to listen to callbacks for confirmation, ended up believing he cleared us to a higher altitude when 3 of us never heard a clearance in the cockpit.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR PUT ON COLLISION COURSE WITH MIL FIGHTERS.

Narrative: ATC FORGOT ABOUT US AND LEFT US ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH 2 F15 EAGLES. I BELIEVE THE CTLR WAS OVERWORKED IN A REDUNDANT SIT AND NOT BEING REQUIRED TO LISTEN TO CALLBACKS FOR CONFIRMATION, ENDED UP BELIEVING HE CLRED US TO A HIGHER ALT WHEN 3 OF US NEVER HEARD A CLRNC IN THE COCKPIT.

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.