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Complaint about too many airway fixes with 'K' or a 'K' sound in their names making it very difficult for flight crew to copy clearance from foreign controller.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 93963 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198808 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : cdo airport : sdq |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : sdq |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Heavy Transport, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 26000 flight time type : 5700 |
| ASRS Report | 93963 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Approach and departure clrncs in the santo domingo area are a serious problem due to an abundance of fixes with K letters. This is compounded by language differences with most arriving/departing flts. A continuing discussion occurred between controller and inbound flight relative to routing. Clearance limit and routing were copied and read back several times and still resulted in disagreement with ground controller. All 3 crew members were used in the copy/readback phase. There needs to be a revision of intersection names with 'K' (spelling or sounding) to eliminate this problem in the santo domingo area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: COMPLAINT ABOUT TOO MANY AIRWAY FIXES WITH 'K' OR A 'K' SOUND IN THEIR NAMES MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR FLT CREW TO COPY CLRNC FROM FOREIGN CTLR.
Narrative: APCH AND DEP CLRNCS IN THE SANTO DOMINGO AREA ARE A SERIOUS PROB DUE TO AN ABUNDANCE OF FIXES WITH K LETTERS. THIS IS COMPOUNDED BY LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES WITH MOST ARRIVING/DEPARTING FLTS. A CONTINUING DISCUSSION OCCURRED BTWN CTLR AND INBND FLT RELATIVE TO ROUTING. CLRNC LIMIT AND ROUTING WERE COPIED AND READ BACK SEVERAL TIMES AND STILL RESULTED IN DISAGREEMENT WITH GND CTLR. ALL 3 CREW MEMBERS WERE USED IN THE COPY/READBACK PHASE. THERE NEEDS TO BE A REVISION OF INTXN NAMES WITH 'K' (SPELLING OR SOUNDING) TO ELIMINATE THIS PROB IN THE SANTO DOMINGO AREA.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.