ATC altitude bug...

[BadKarmaPT 48]

... is there a workaround?

I was climbing to 30000 feet in my TBM and leveled at 28000 waiting for further clearence. ATC kept telling me to climb to 27000 and ended up canceling my flight plan for not complying. 🤬

[Bobsk8 12,862]

Been happening since SU5, one of it's features I guess. 

[kazeekayo 35]

There is no fix unfortunately. It is however on the list of things to be fixed next update on august 27th

[Watsi 2,574]

Strange that they won't fix such an essential thing sooner.

[Tuskin38 6,635]

Maybe it’s not as easy as it sounds.

According to one of the WT guys they reworked the air pressure system which is what is throwing off ATC. So they need to update it to compensate.

Edited August 11, 2021 by Tuskin38

[Watsi 2,574]

Just now, Tuskin38 said:

Maybe it’s not as easy as it sounds.

It was easy to break. 😆

[Tuskin38 6,635]

1 minute ago, Watsi said:

It was easy to break. 😆

Obviously. It’s always easier to break something. But in this case it was broken by improving another feature.

Edited August 11, 2021 by Tuskin38

[Watsi 2,574]

13 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

Obviously. It’s always easier to break something. But in this case it was broken by improving another feature.

A shame I can't talk about beta. 😉

But you're right, they should take their time and make this rock solid with the next fix.

Edited August 11, 2021 by Watsi

[JimBrown 596]

1 hour ago, BadKarmaPT said:

... is there a workaround?

I was climbing to 30000 feet in my TBM and leveled at 28000 waiting for further clearence. ATC kept telling me to climb to 27000 and ended up canceling my flight plan for not complying. 🤬

Here's how I've been handling it (in the FBW A320NX)...

Cruise is set to FL350 in the flight plan. ATC clears me to climb to FL220.

If I get to 21820 feet and have not heard from ATC, then I know ATC thinks I'm at a lower altitude. I bump the altitude dial up 300 feet. If I still don't get further clearance, I bump it up another couple of hundred feet. Usually, ATC will give me that further clearance within 1000 feet of additional altitude.

Sometimes, ATC will think I'm at a higher altitude that I am. In that case, I'll get the next clearance a bit early. No worries, just set the new altitude and continue on.

If I have reached my cruise altitude and ATC tells me to expedite the climb, then I know (again) that ATC thinks I'm lower than I actually am. Again, I bump the altitude up a couple of hundred feet at a time until ATC stops nagging me.

If I have reached my cruise altitude and ATC tells me that I'm X feet above my assigned altitude, then I just lower my altitude by that amount.

I pretty much do the same thing when descending.

Yes, it's not realistic, but it works for me until the bug is fixed.

...jim

 

Edited August 11, 2021 by JimBrown

[BadKarmaPT 48]

11 minutes ago, JimBrown said:

Here's how I've been handling it (in the FBW A320NX)...

Cruise is set to FL350 in the flight plan. ATC clears me to climb to FL220.

If I get to 21820 feet and have not heard from ATC, then I know ATC thinks I'm at a lower altitude. I bump the altitude dial up 300 feet. If I still don't get further clearance, I bump it up another couple of hundred feet. Usually, ATC will give me that further clearance within 1000 feet of additional altitude.

Sometimes, ATC will think I'm at a higher altitude that I am. In that case, I'll get the next clearance a bit early. No worries, just set the new altitude and continue on.

If I have reached my cruise altitude and ATC tells me to expedite the climb, then I know (again) that ATC thinks I'm lower than I actually am. Again, I bump the altitude up a couple of hundred feet at a time until ATC stops nagging me.

If I have reached my cruise altitude and ATC tells me that I'm X feet above my assigned altitude, then I just lower my altitude by that amount.

Yes, it's not realistic, but it works for me until the bug is fixed.

...jim

 

Thank you for your input. I'll try that until it gets fixed.