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An air carrier captain expressed his disdain for the quality of commercially provided flight planning services contracted by his airline.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 978708 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201111 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ORD.Tower |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 270 Flight Crew Total 28000 Flight Crew Type 10000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Our commercially provided flight plans continually show blatant errors. A low altitude 12 mile leg showed an altitude of 2;000 MSL; a mach of .485; a ground speed of 300 KTS and a TAS of 320 KTS. Of course we were doing 180 KTS assigned. Every time I fly I find new commercial flight plan errors. My flight the other day showed a descent leg of 137 NM from FL390 and a burn to runway of 1;400 pounds. Not even close! Once again no STAR/arrival route data provided. Why?
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An air carrier Captain expressed his disdain for the quality of commercially provided flight planning services contracted by his airline.
Narrative: Our commercially provided flight plans continually show blatant errors. A low altitude 12 mile leg showed an altitude of 2;000 MSL; a MACH of .485; a ground speed of 300 KTS and a TAS of 320 KTS. Of course we were doing 180 KTS assigned. Every time I fly I find new commercial flight plan errors. My flight the other day showed a descent leg of 137 NM from FL390 and a burn to runway of 1;400 LBS. NOT EVEN CLOSE! Once again no STAR/arrival route data provided. Why?
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.