Cruising at FL395 in Pacific airspace ?
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Cruising at FL395 in Pacific airspace ?
Hi,
I was watching the Justplanes A340 Tahiti Nui DVD recently and noticed that somewhere during the flight between Tahiti and Tokyo, the aircraft is set up to cruise at FL395 ! Both the EADI and the MCP (not sure if these are the correct Airbus names though
) show FL395 so the aircraft is not in a shallow climb to a higher level or anything.
Also, I don't think the flight goes through airspace with metric levels (the closest would be FL12000m or FL394).
So, what might be going on here ? Somebody suggested that the aircraft was cleared to cruise in a vertical block of airspace (e.g. between FL370-410). I never heard of such a clearance but maybe it is valid in these remote areas with little traffic ?
Anybody ?
Björn
I was watching the Justplanes A340 Tahiti Nui DVD recently and noticed that somewhere during the flight between Tahiti and Tokyo, the aircraft is set up to cruise at FL395 ! Both the EADI and the MCP (not sure if these are the correct Airbus names though
) show FL395 so the aircraft is not in a shallow climb to a higher level or anything.Also, I don't think the flight goes through airspace with metric levels (the closest would be FL12000m or FL394).
So, what might be going on here ? Somebody suggested that the aircraft was cleared to cruise in a vertical block of airspace (e.g. between FL370-410). I never heard of such a clearance but maybe it is valid in these remote areas with little traffic ?
Anybody ?
Björn
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Old Smokey will tell you about block clearances in the N Pacific which may or may not be the reason for your observation.
I seem to remember a thread along those lines previously...
HTH.
I seem to remember a thread along those lines previously...
HTH.
