Quote:
"...Can American 965 go direct Rozo and the Rozo One Arrival?..."
Escape path
As long as one respects the altitude for the procedure, how is that unwise or illegal?
The example was paraphrased, but IIRC, it's pretty close to the CVR transcript.
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At 9:37:29 the pilots asked Approach, "Can American Airlines, uh, 965 go direct to Rozo and then do the Rozo arrival, sir?" The controller replied, "Affirmative. Take the Rozo One and Runway One-Niner, the wind is calm." The captain responded, "All right, Rozo, the Rozo One to one-nine, thank you, American 965." The controller: "Report Tulua and twenty-one miles, ah, five thousand feet." The captain responded, "OK, report Tulua twenty-one miles and five thousand feet, American 965."
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I had assumed that the requested clearance would be recognizable to pilots familiar with the accident.