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Old 27th Nov 2004, 05:43
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trot
 
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busting altitude

hi,

busted an altitude in london sector on the DVR 5Y departure out of EGWU.
the controller made us aware of our mistake, no TCAS or other traffic conflict occurred because of out mistake.

we overshot our altitude not because we were unable or forgot to level off, but we totally misinterpreted the SID.

what are the procedures the caa will take to follow up in this matter, what can i do, or does it depend on, if the controller reported it?

after this incident, the SID and it's altitudes seem to be clear, but in our departure briefing we interpreted it very different. many notes on the SID made us believe that we need to get up to altitude fast.

nowhere on the SID does it say what our initial or final altitude will be, like other SIDs where it it say: e.g. initial climb to ...., neither does the ATC clearance specifically clear us to an altitude.


hope someone can help

cheers trot
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