If a controller issues a clearance to climb and maintain to an altitude different from the DP, you should continue the DP route and _________ all of the remaining DP altitude restrictions.

If a controller issues a clearance to climb and maintain to an altitude different from the DP, you should continue the DP route and _________ all of the remaining DP altitude restrictions.

• A. Disregard
• B. Follow
• C. Comply
• D. Ignore

Answer: (A)

ATC clearance takes precedence over published DP restrictions. You should keep following the published route of the DP to stay on the correct path, but you must disregard the DP’s altitude restrictions that conflict with the ATC assignment. In other words, fly the DP route as filed and hold the altitude assigned by ATC until you receive a new clearance. Once cleared to another altitude, you resume the DP restrictions only as they apply to your new clearance. This is why the other options don’t fit: following or complying with the DP altitude constraints would mean meeting those restrictions even though ATC has given a different altitude, which isn’t allowed. Ignoring the instruction is similar in effect to disregarding—but the established term used in procedures is to disregard the conflicting DP restrictions.

ATC clearance takes precedence over published DP restrictions. You should keep following the published route of the DP to stay on the correct path, but you must disregard the DP’s altitude restrictions that conflict with the ATC assignment. In other words, fly the DP route as filed and hold the altitude assigned by ATC until you receive a new clearance. Once cleared to another altitude, you resume the DP restrictions only as they apply to your new clearance.

This is why the other options don’t fit: following or complying with the DP altitude constraints would mean meeting those restrictions even though ATC has given a different altitude, which isn’t allowed. Ignoring the instruction is similar in effect to disregarding—but the established term used in procedures is to disregard the conflicting DP restrictions.