A captain reported confusion with the sjc BMRNG1 procedure chart.

Attributes
ACN	1257338
Time
Date	201504
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	SJC.Airport
State Reference	CA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Parked
Route In Use	SID BMRNG 1
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 100
Events
Anomaly	No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types

Narrative:

Bmrng 1 chart has a top altitude published of FL190 but the initial climb portion states; climb heading 123 degrees to 3;000; expect........ I and the pilot not flying (PNF) found this to be confusing and had to question ATC. They say many pilot deviations had occurred over this and thanked us for asking. This procedure should be clarified.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Captain reported confusion with the SJC BMRNG1 procedure chart.

Narrative: BMRNG 1 chart has a top altitude published of FL190 but the initial climb portion states; Climb heading 123 degrees to 3;000; expect........ I and the Pilot Not Flying (PNF) found this to be confusing and had to question ATC. They say many pilot deviations had occurred over this and thanked us for asking. This procedure should be clarified.

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.