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A ZLC controller was concerned that the eram limitation reported does not identify rvsm qualified aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 979320 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201111 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZLC.ARTCC |
| State Reference | UT |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B747-400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Enroute |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
A B747 was enroute to las when I took the hand off from ZLC sector 4. Reading the flight plan; something didn't make sense to me; he was a B744/C. I didn't remember /C equipment suffix being rvsm compliant as uret and the fdb was indicating (no coral box around the altitude.) I looked it up and it is for aircraft with RNAV with transponder with no mode C. Obviously not rvsm compliant. I asked the pilot what his qualifier was and he wasn't sure but he said he had everything on board. When the equipment qualifier was manually changed from /west and then back to /C; as instructed by the eram sme; it then showed nonrvsm; but until that was done; the aircraft flew through the entire facility (from canada) essentially nonrvsm with no indication at all on either the uret or in the fdb. Eram should know what is and isn't rvsm qualified equipment suffixes.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A ZLC Controller was concerned that the ERAM limitation reported does not identify RVSM qualified aircraft.
Narrative: A B747 was enroute to LAS when I took the hand off from ZLC Sector 4. Reading the Flight Plan; something didn't make sense to me; he was a B744/C. I didn't remember /C equipment suffix being RVSM compliant as URET and the FDB was indicating (no coral box around the altitude.) I looked it up and it is for aircraft with RNAV with transponder with no Mode C. Obviously not RVSM compliant. I asked the pilot what his qualifier was and he wasn't sure but he said he had everything on board. When the equipment qualifier was manually changed from /W and then back to /C; as instructed by the ERAM SME; it then showed nonRVSM; but until that was done; the aircraft flew through the entire facility (from Canada) essentially nonRVSM with no indication at all on either the URET or in the FDB. ERAM should know what is and isn't RVSM qualified equipment suffixes.
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.