VFR general aviation aircraft inbound to ffc receiving VFR advisories from ZTL is instructed to rema...

Narrative:

Cruising at 6500 ft inbound direct to ffc airport. I had been worked VFR from all enroute facilities. They handed me off to atl approach. After second hand off; as I hit the outside ring of the B class airspace; controller said; 'stay clear of class B airspace.' in pitch black I scrambled to find the altitude of the sector of the area I was penetrating. I turned 90 degrees from course to maintain clear of the next sector until I could verify altitudes. Descending at quickly as I could to get below controlled airspace; I was distracted from flying the airplane due to the fact that the controller abandoned me with no warning from my direct track to destination. I did the best I could to avoid class B by descending. I may have cut through an area of class B by about 1 mile; but I was below the altitudes at that point; I think. The controllers total disregard for the pilots point of view caused this situation. A low time pilot would have been totally overwhelmed with the quick change of plan. I thought they were working me through the class B as a VFR transient. More time was needed to plan for this change of heart to fly through his airspace. I think I did not enter any restricted airspace; by altitude. I did cut through an area but was below the altitude restriction. This could have been avoided by either telling me early what his plan was or vectoring me through the airspace as was originally planned.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: VFR general aviation aircraft inbound to FFC receiving VFR advisories from ZTL is instructed to remain clear of the ATL Class B after hand off to A80 TRACON; reporter questioned ATC coordination/handling.

Narrative: Cruising at 6500 FT inbound direct to FFC airport. I had been worked VFR from all enroute facilities. They handed me off to ATL approach. After second hand off; as I hit the outside ring of the B class airspace; Controller said; 'stay clear of Class B airspace.' In pitch black I scrambled to find the altitude of the sector of the area I was penetrating. I turned 90 degrees from course to maintain clear of the next sector until I could verify altitudes. Descending at quickly as I could to get below controlled airspace; I was distracted from flying the airplane due to the fact that the Controller abandoned me with no warning from my direct track to destination. I did the best I could to avoid Class B by descending. I may have cut through an area of Class B by about 1 mile; but I was below the altitudes at that point; I think. The controllers total disregard for the pilots point of view caused this situation. A low time pilot would have been totally overwhelmed with the quick change of plan. I thought they were working me through the Class B as a VFR transient. More time was needed to plan for this change of heart to fly through his airspace. I think I did not enter any restricted airspace; by altitude. I did cut through an area but was below the altitude restriction. This could have been avoided by either telling me early what his plan was or vectoring me through the airspace as was originally planned.

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.

Attributes
ACN	858736
Time
Date	200910
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ATL.Airport
State Reference	GA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Bonanza 36
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Engineer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 500
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types

VFR general aviation aircraft inbound to ffc receiving VFR advisories from ZTL is instructed to remain clear of the atl class B after hand off to A80 TRACON; reporter questioned ATC coordination/handling.