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Airbus captain reported missing published crossing restriction on the jeppesen plate; due to the lack of contrast.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1602625 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201812 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZMA.ARTCC |
| State Reference | FL |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Airbus Industrie Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | STAR FISEL7 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 128.2 Flight Crew Total 8066.03 Flight Crew Type 8066.03 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
We were at cruise altitude and I was reviewing the FISEL7 filed arrival to enter the expected altitudes into the flight plan via the mcdu. At first glance; I only noticed mosie crossing at 8;000 [feet] and 250 KTS. Later; as I reviewed the arrival just before the descent briefing; I noticed that I had missed the restriction of FL240 at fathr. I pointed out to the first officer that I missed it earlier as it was very hard to see because of both the light blue color and the contrast with the night view on the chart. The blue was so light it looked nearly close to the white writing and was very easy to miss. Also; the blue depiction of the ocean didn't help the situation at all since it was exactly the same color as the altitude restriction. The first officer agreed with this assessment. My recommendation would be to find another color to highlight both the speed and altitude restrictions on the charts. The red speed restrictions stand out quite well but the altitudes are very hard to see - and therefore easy for us to miss. I believe in either night or day mode the highlighted areas on the STAR and SID charts need to be made much easier to see so we can be certain not to miss and potentially violate a restriction.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Airbus Captain reported missing published crossing restriction on the Jeppesen plate; due to the lack of contrast.
Narrative: We were at cruise altitude and I was reviewing the FISEL7 filed arrival to enter the expected altitudes into the flight plan via the MCDU. At first glance; I only noticed MOSIE crossing at 8;000 [feet] and 250 KTS. Later; as I reviewed the arrival just before the descent briefing; I noticed that I had missed the restriction of FL240 at FATHR. I pointed out to the First Officer that I missed it earlier as it was very hard to see because of both the light blue color and the contrast with the night view on the chart. The blue was so light it looked nearly close to the white writing and was very easy to miss. Also; the blue depiction of the ocean didn't help the situation at all since it was exactly the same color as the altitude restriction. The First Officer agreed with this assessment. My recommendation would be to find another color to highlight both the speed and altitude restrictions on the charts. The red speed restrictions stand out quite well but the altitudes are very hard to see - and therefore easy for us to miss. I believe in either night or day mode the highlighted areas on the STAR and SID charts need to be made much easier to see so we can be certain not to miss and potentially violate a restriction.
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