Simviation Forum - CRAFT: The IFR Clearance analogy

Jul 28^th, 2008 at 7:52pm

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Cleared to (airport)
Routing (SID) as filed
Altitude
Frequency (Departure)
Transponder

For those who are curious. Wink

This is all the information you will receive when receiving your IFR clearance.

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Reply #1 - Jul 28^th, 2008 at 7:59pm

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For Example:

American xxxx cleared to Mccarran International Airport via LOOP FOUR departure DAGGET transition then as filed maintain 5000 expect FL320 5 minutes after departure, departure frequency 125.8 squawk xxxx

C: American xxxx cleared to Mccarran International Airport
R: via LOOP FOUR departure DAGGET transition then as filed
A: maintain 5000 expect FL320 5 minutes after departure
F: departure frequency 125.8
T: squawk xxxx

This is a departure from Los Angeles International Airport to Mccarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

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Reply #2 - Jul 28^th, 2008 at 8:35pm

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Be ready for the "R" to be completely different than what you filed though. Grin

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Reply #3 - Jul 28^th, 2008 at 8:46pm

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Its always nice to know what you are listening for. For some people thats the hardest part of getting their instrument rating. But once you realize you know what the controller is going to say before he says it, it all is downhill from there.

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Reply #4 - Jul 29^th, 2008 at 7:18am

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DaveSims wrote on Jul 28^th, 2008 at 8:46pm:

Its always nice to know what you are listening for. For some people thats the hardest part of getting their instrument rating. But once you realize you know what the controller is going to say before he says it, it all is downhill from there.

That's a huge mental hurdle.. Know the dance, and listen for something UNexpected.. Controller is doing the same.. He knows what you'll say..

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Reply #5 - Jul 29^th, 2008 at 8:18am

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DaveSims wrote on Jul 28^th, 2008 at 8:46pm:

Its always nice to know what you are listening for. For some people thats the hardest part of getting their instrument rating. But once you realize you know what the controller is going to say before he says it, it all is downhill from there.

I have to admit I'll often write down each element of the clearance I'm expecting to hear before I call for it (particularly if getting it on request well before departure), pretty much in the CRAFT order (although I'd never heard the CRAFT mnemonic before). Makes it far easier to copy down, and easy to quickly annotate any unexpected clearances - although to be fair, almost all I've had (certainly in the US) are entirely predictable.

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Reply #6 - Jul 30^th, 2008 at 4:49pm

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It was a godsend when my instructor told me about CRAFT back in the day. I remember it was always such a great feeling when the controller would give me some completely crazy set of directions and I easily wrote it down and spat it back out right after he was done giving them all while flying. One of the greatest feelings in the world.

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Reply #7 - Aug 16^th, 2008 at 6:20am

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hmm, ive never heard the CRAFT thingy before either... sounds good though. But on most SIDS that i fly, they have an initial altitude and a frequency on them, so the controller wont repeat that part. I think that clearances are one of the easiest parts of IFR flying, once you've done a few flights.

An example of a clearance i get quite often is. C-G*** cleared to the Nanaimo airport via the Abbotsford Seven Departure, flight planned route, squawk ****. (Abbotsford, BC, to Naniamo, BC)

A pretty short clearance...

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