The longest clearance ever

Lynne wrote:

I am tired - just landed from a 12 hour, 20 minute flight from LAX to
Taiwan. I got a good laugh though today when our PDC was INOP, and the
F/O had to call to get the clearance. It was for sure the longest
clearance I've ever heard! Here it is...

KLAX.VTU4.RZS..MQO..AUDIA..COSTS..3500N/14000W..3500N/15000W..3500N/16000W..3600N/17000W..3700N/18000E..3700N/17000E..3500N/16000E..3200N/15000E..UKATA..BIXAK..DELTA..ONC..NHC.V91.MYC.R595 .APU.AU1A.RCTP

My poor F/O was writing as fast as he could!!!

Lynne


Wow. Is this a pain also to program in?

Matt

No actually it's fairly simple. We just program the DP, VORs,
intersections, and for the lat/longs, we can just type 35N140W for
3500N/14000W for example, and 35N150W for 3500N/15000W=AD, etc.=20

Lynne

And.. I am betting your nav system has a full keypad, not a turn and
push arrangement like most GA panel mount GPS's

Dave

Lynne wrote:
No actually it's fairly simple. We just program the DP, VORs,
intersections, and for the lat/longs, we can just type 35N140W for
3500N/14000W for example, and 35N150W for 3500N/15000W*, etc.

Lynne

Dave S wrote:
And.. I am betting your nav system has a full keypad, not a turn and
push arrangement like most GA panel mount GPS's
Dave

on channel 9 on a UA flight as a passenger, I heard one pilot
(don't remember the aircraft type) say that he couldn't
edit the flight plan as the 'r' key on their FMS was stuck.
Damn, I really hate having to tune/ident/twist/set those
VOR's when the FMS goes tango-uniform in an Archer. grin

Gerald