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Air carrier captain is frustrated with length and lack of selectivity of NOTAMS associated with his flights.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 814873 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200811 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 30000 flight time type : 900 |
| ASRS Report | 814873 |
| Events | |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | FAA |
| Primary Problem | FAA |
Narrative:
It's time to clean up the NOTAM overload. This has now become unsafe. The NOTAM printout is so lengthy and much of it irrelevant that the relevant items are easily overlooked or minimized. Jfk comes to mind; but there are simply too many cities to which this is applicable.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR CAPTAIN IS FRUSTRATED WITH LENGTH AND LACK OF SELECTIVITY OF NOTAMS ASSOCIATED WITH HIS FLIGHTS.
Narrative: IT'S TIME TO CLEAN UP THE NOTAM OVERLOAD. THIS HAS NOW BECOME UNSAFE. THE NOTAM PRINTOUT IS SO LENGTHY AND MUCH OF IT IRRELEVANT THAT THE RELEVANT ITEMS ARE EASILY OVERLOOKED OR MINIMIZED. JFK COMES TO MIND; BUT THERE ARE SIMPLY TOO MANY CITIES TO WHICH THIS IS APPLICABLE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.