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A B757 first officer complains of in immediate frequency change as flight was off runway and an immediate change to their departure heading from N90 controller prior to flight crew checking in.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 622224 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200303 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : jfk.airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 100 agl bound upper : 400 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | Turbulence other |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90.tracon tower : jfk.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 622224 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | other physical facility procedure or policy : jfk.tower |
Narrative:
Immediately after liftoff (at about 100 ft AGL) the tower instructed us to contact departure control. This occurred just as the gear was being raised. The frequency change was accomplished immediately and new york departure called. Departure immediately called us and revised our heading, before the pilot monitoring even had time to make the normal report on frequency. This occurred at about 400 ft AGL just as we were initiating the normal left turn per the published departure (off of runway 22R). As far as we could tell there was no necessity for such urgency. No other traffic was noted or pointed out to us. While there was no violation of FARS here, we both felt that this was highly disruptive during a very busy phase of flight. The controller either was unaware of this or didn't care. This sort of rush-rush routine is a setup for serious errors during a critical phase of flight. Controllers need to be aware of this.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 FO COMPLAINS OF IN IMMEDIATE FREQ CHANGE AS FLT WAS OFF RWY AND AN IMMEDIATE CHANGE TO THEIR DEP HDG FROM N90 CTLR PRIOR TO FLT CREW CHKING IN.
Narrative: IMMEDIATELY AFTER LIFTOFF (AT ABOUT 100 FT AGL) THE TWR INSTRUCTED US TO CONTACT DEP CTL. THIS OCCURRED JUST AS THE GEAR WAS BEING RAISED. THE FREQ CHANGE WAS ACCOMPLISHED IMMEDIATELY AND NEW YORK DEP CALLED. DEP IMMEDIATELY CALLED US AND REVISED OUR HDG, BEFORE THE PLT MONITORING EVEN HAD TIME TO MAKE THE NORMAL RPT ON FREQ. THIS OCCURRED AT ABOUT 400 FT AGL JUST AS WE WERE INITIATING THE NORMAL L TURN PER THE PUBLISHED DEP (OFF OF RWY 22R). AS FAR AS WE COULD TELL THERE WAS NO NECESSITY FOR SUCH URGENCY. NO OTHER TFC WAS NOTED OR POINTED OUT TO US. WHILE THERE WAS NO VIOLATION OF FARS HERE, WE BOTH FELT THAT THIS WAS HIGHLY DISRUPTIVE DURING A VERY BUSY PHASE OF FLT. THE CTLR EITHER WAS UNAWARE OF THIS OR DIDN'T CARE. THIS SORT OF RUSH-RUSH ROUTINE IS A SETUP FOR SERIOUS ERRORS DURING A CRITICAL PHASE OF FLT. CTLRS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS.
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.