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A319 captain reported concern about the non-standard procedures and ATC inconsistencies during arrivals to MMMX.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1414415 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201701 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MMMX.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Lately I have done multiple trips into MMMX. This place is a disaster waiting to happen. Each time the arrival is an improvised; non-standard procedure depending on the whims of whichever controller happens to be working that day. Arrival procedures are ridiculously complicated; completely non-standard; unlike procedures anywhere else in the world that I have ever gone. There are never ending; constantly ordered turns to headings to intercept multiple radials; demands to expedite descent and slow down simultaneously; being placed on different airways than the published arrival contains and then told to descend via even though you're no longer on the arrival itself!! I could go on and on but you've likely heard all this before.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 Captain reported concern about the non-standard procedures and ATC inconsistencies during arrivals to MMMX.
Narrative: Lately I have done multiple trips into MMMX. This place is a disaster waiting to happen. Each time the arrival is an improvised; non-standard procedure depending on the whims of whichever controller happens to be working that day. Arrival procedures are ridiculously complicated; completely non-standard; unlike procedures anywhere else in the world that I have ever gone. There are never ending; constantly ordered turns to headings to intercept multiple radials; demands to expedite descent and slow down simultaneously; being placed on different airways than the published arrival contains and then told to descend via even though you're no longer on the arrival itself!! I could go on and on but you've likely heard all this before.
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.