Originally Posted by
bekolblockage
The rub here is that to Clearance Delivery, this is a Cathay callsigned flight and the fact that it is being operated by Polar/Atlas is not differentiated.
Is there a common understanding with the wetlease crews that they will receive this automatically and is it a foregone conclusion that ALL 74-8's are RF capable?? (I presume so but are there different user-spec available?
Originally Posted by
bigduke6
Atlas/Polar -8's are all RF capable.
Authorized for Departures, but not for Arrivals or Approaches.
So the automatic assignment of an RF SID is not an issue, as it is preferred.
Originally Posted by
Intruder
OTOH, IIRC an RTF SID in HKG must be explicitly requested by the crew. If the crew is unfamiliar, they may not bother with the request.
So maybe the RASSE 1E was automatically assigned or perhaps it was requested?
Whatever the case, when the controller assigned the RASSE 1E, the pilot reading back the clearance had difficulty getting it right.