Narrative:

On nov/xx/95 flight from sju to jfk an ATC routing/clearance was not accepted by the captain due to poor communications and confusion about current en route chart depiction of airway waypoints. Approaching kraft intersection, sju center changed our clearance from amber 300 to amber 523. The original clearance and filed flight plan was A300. Upon receiving the new clearance the crew checked the commercial high altitude airway chart 5/6 for the new route and found the named intxns along A523 did not match those in the ATC clearance. The crew was referring to charts dated oct/xx/95 and did not notice the new charts were not effective until nov/xx/95. By the time the crew discovered why the clearance did not match the new ATC clearance, VHF radio coverage with sju center was lost and HF radio coverage with ny commercial radio was established. Ny commercial radio subsequently revised the clearance to the originally filed route of A300, but at a lower altitude than originally filed. The original and filed route was then flown, but at the revised altitude. Poor HF radio communications prevented the crew from explaining the crew's request for maintaining the original routing along A300.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR WAS UNABLE TO ACCEPT A CLRNC WHEN THE WAYPOINTS COULD NOT BE LOCATED ON THEIR MAPS. LATER, THEY DISCOVERED THAT THEIR OLD MAPS WERE STILL CURRENT, BUT THEY HAD THROWN THEM AWAY WHEN THEY HAD CHANGED TO THE NEW MAPS WHICH WERE NOT CURRENT YET. THE FLC PICKED UP THE OLD MAPS UPON ARR AT JFK.

Narrative: ON NOV/XX/95 FLT FROM SJU TO JFK AN ATC ROUTING/CLRNC WAS NOT ACCEPTED BY THE CAPT DUE TO POOR COMS AND CONFUSION ABOUT CURRENT ENRTE CHART DEPICTION OF AIRWAY WAYPOINTS. APCHING KRAFT INTXN, SJU CTR CHANGED OUR CLRNC FROM AMBER 300 TO AMBER 523. THE ORIGINAL CLRNC AND FILED FLT PLAN WAS A300. UPON RECEIVING THE NEW CLRNC THE CREW CHKED THE COMMERCIAL HIGH ALT AIRWAY CHART 5/6 FOR THE NEW RTE AND FOUND THE NAMED INTXNS ALONG A523 DID NOT MATCH THOSE IN THE ATC CLRNC. THE CREW WAS REFERRING TO CHARTS DATED OCT/XX/95 AND DID NOT NOTICE THE NEW CHARTS WERE NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOV/XX/95. BY THE TIME THE CREW DISCOVERED WHY THE CLRNC DID NOT MATCH THE NEW ATC CLRNC, VHF RADIO COVERAGE WITH SJU CTR WAS LOST AND HF RADIO COVERAGE WITH NY COMMERCIAL RADIO WAS ESTABLISHED. NY COMMERCIAL RADIO SUBSEQUENTLY REVISED THE CLRNC TO THE ORIGINALLY FILED RTE OF A300, BUT AT A LOWER ALT THAN ORIGINALLY FILED. THE ORIGINAL AND FILED RTE WAS THEN FLOWN, BUT AT THE REVISED ALT. POOR HF RADIO COMS PREVENTED THE CREW FROM EXPLAINING THE CREW'S REQUEST FOR MAINTAINING THE ORIGINAL ROUTING ALONG A300.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.