<< >> NASA ASRS Report 913931, October 2010

S56 controller suggested the tower issue an altitude assignment of 10;000 with the take off clearance to avoid on-going confusion with regard to the altitude clearance.

Attributes
ACN	913931
Time
Date	201010
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	SLC.Airport
State Reference	UT
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-82
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Departure
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown

Narrative:

The MD82 was assigned 10;000 via the pre departure clearance. Checked on frequency and stated that he was 'level at 10;000 for the next 7 miles'. This indicated to me that he had every intention of climbing out of 10;000 at the next way point even though his clearance was 10;000. I issued a climb to the aircraft and continued to work. Recommendation: have all aircraft departing slc assigned 10;000 ft by the local controller along with the pre departure clearance assignment.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: S56 Controller suggested the Tower issue an altitude assignment of 10;000 with the take off clearance to avoid on-going confusion with regard to the altitude clearance.

Narrative: The MD82 was assigned 10;000 via the PDC. Checked on frequency and stated that he was 'level at 10;000 for the next 7 miles'. This indicated to me that he had every intention of climbing out of 10;000 at the next way point even though his clearance was 10;000. I issued a climb to the aircraft and continued to work. Recommendation: have all aircraft departing SLC assigned 10;000 FT by the Local Controller along with the PDC assignment.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.