Lax controller described an airspace infraction when an aircraft departing on the FIXIT1 RNAV depart...

Narrative:

Air carrier X was a FIXIT1 departure. This requires LC1 to issue a heading of 250 even though this is an RNAV departure and the 250 heading will take him off his RNAV route. I forgot to issue the 250 heading and air carrier X flew the RNAV departure and eventually turned heading 219 into DR1's airspace vs. DR2's. The FIXIT1 needs to be suspended immediately. The previous controller also forgot to issue a 250 heading to a fixit and switched the aircraft to departure. Fortunately; the pilot had acknowledged the frequency switch he had not; and the LC1 controller realizing their mistake reached out to the aircraft and was able to correctly issue a 250 heading. I am aware of innumerable other times where an od has occurred; because the LC1 controller did not issue a 250 heading. The fixit is set up for controllers to fail and nothing about the fixit promotes safety.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LAX Controller described an airspace infraction when an aircraft departing on the FIXIT1 RNAV departure was not issued the required heading. The reporter noted that the RNAV SID sets controllers up for errors.

Narrative: Air Carrier X was a FIXIT1 departure. This requires LC1 to issue a heading of 250 even though this is an RNAV departure and the 250 heading will take him off his RNAV route. I forgot to issue the 250 heading and Air Carrier X flew the RNAV departure and eventually turned heading 219 into DR1's airspace vs. DR2's. The FIXIT1 needs to be suspended immediately. The previous Controller also forgot to issue a 250 heading to a FIXIT and switched the aircraft to departure. Fortunately; the pilot had acknowledged the frequency switch he had not; and the LC1 Controller realizing their mistake reached out to the aircraft and was able to correctly issue a 250 heading. I am aware of innumerable other times where an OD has occurred; because the LC1 Controller did not issue a 250 heading. The FIXIT is set up for controllers to fail and nothing about the FIXIT promotes safety.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1017089
Time
Date	201206
Place
Locale Reference	LAX.Airport
State Reference	CA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	SID FIXIT1
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Person 2
Function	Local
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Lax controller described an airspace infraction when an aircraft departing on the FIXIT1 RNAV departure was not issued the required heading. The reporter noted that the RNAV SID sets controllers up for errors.