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Air carrier departure voiced concern regarding runway awareness advisory system (raas) functionality; claiming raas activation interfered with ATC takeoff clearance; adding the raas equipment should be disabled.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 841019 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200906 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Runway awareness advisory system directly interfered with the takeoff clearance from tower. The system interfered with the takeoff clearance. Poor design of the raas system. Takeoff clearance had to be repeated from tower. This unsafe and ineffective system should be disabled and removed from the aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier departure voiced concern regarding Runway Awareness Advisory System (RAAS) functionality; claiming RAAS activation interfered with ATC takeoff clearance; adding the RAAS equipment should be disabled.
Narrative: Runway Awareness Advisory System directly interfered with the takeoff clearance from tower. The system interfered with the takeoff clearance. Poor design of the RAAS system. Takeoff clearance had to be repeated from tower. This unsafe and ineffective system should be disabled and removed from the aircraft.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.