Narrative:

Oceanic clearance delivery cpdlc late logon due to equipment glitch. [We] complied with B777 datalink comm guide as per reversion to voice procedures. Scottish [control] was upset we did not obtain our oceanic crossing clearance 30 minutes prior to coast out; which is not what the 15 minutes indicated on the form states. All issues were resolved and the crossing was otherwise uneventful.ATC failure to communicated with the aircraft cpdlc systems on scheduled time.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: When CPDLC communications failed a B777 crew reverted to voice comm to receive their oceanic clearance.

Narrative: Oceanic Clearance Delivery CPDLC late logon due to equipment glitch. [We] complied with B777 Datalink Comm Guide as per reversion to voice procedures. Scottish [Control] was upset we did not obtain our oceanic crossing clearance 30 minutes prior to coast out; which is not what the 15 minutes indicated on the form states. All issues were resolved and the crossing was otherwise uneventful.ATC failure to communicated with the aircraft CPDLC systems on scheduled time.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.