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A320 captain laments the altitude restrictions burried in the routing section; in small font; in many of the new RNAV SID's.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1187948 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201407 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types |
Narrative:
It appears that the vast majority of the pre departure clearance's now includes the clearance to 'climb via SID'; yet so many SID's have that altitude clearance written in small font buried someplace on the page. In other cases the altitude clearance on the SID is somewhat confusing as in the las shead 8. This is just an incident waiting to happen. If ATC is going to put this on our back then the altitude on the SID should be more conspicuous.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 Captain laments the altitude restrictions burried in the routing section; in small font; in many of the new RNAV SID's.
Narrative: It appears that the vast majority of the PDC's now includes the clearance to 'climb via SID'; yet so many SID's have that altitude clearance written in small font buried someplace on the page. In other cases the altitude clearance on the SID is somewhat confusing as in the LAS SHEAD 8. This is just an incident waiting to happen. If ATC is going to put this on our back then the altitude on the SID should be more conspicuous.
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.