I am familiar with the accident indeed, since I am Colombian and obviously I have flown lots of times into Cali. I'm just objecting your example given that it bears no relation with the topic of this thread nor with what you stated in your previous post:
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ATC may inadvertently approve an illegal or unwise clearance.
My apologies for the misunderstanding.
We are in full agreement that the ATC on duty at the Cali accident did indeed issue appropriate clearances.
The example was offered to illustrate that sole reliance on ATC to confirm or approve a request for what may be an illegal shortcut or omission of a procedure segment is not an entirely reliable method.
The pilot has the primary responsibility to make proper and legal requests to ATC.
At the time of the Captain's
inappropriate request for "Direct to Rozo", the flight was already in dire jeopardy and operating well outside of the published procedure track. The "Affirmative" portion of the ATC response may have been misinterpreted by the crew.
(I too, have operated to/from Cali -- but it was well prior to 1995.)
Best regards,
Z