Tower controller described a wrong pre departure clearance clearance issuance; noting that the contr...

Narrative:

Air carrier X had an IFR flight plan. The aircraft filed a different route; when I sent the flight plan via the pre departure clearance the route between the pluses was not included in his flight plan. I should have not sent this flight plan. The incident occurred when center controller told the pilot to precede direct a fix that I should have issued to him; and he was not aware of the change to his routing. This happens a lot. When I worked under another center they were responsible for making sure a flight plan could be sent. If the flight plan couldn't be sent; the center would call and advise that the aircraft had to be issued a different routing. Our current center does not have this requirement. Put the pre departure clearance on auto send and make the center responsible for ensuring that the routing is what they want.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Tower Controller described a wrong PDC clearance issuance; noting that the controlling Center should be the final authority in determining the clearance route.

Narrative: Air Carrier X had an IFR flight plan. The aircraft filed a different route; when I sent the flight plan via the PDC the route between the pluses was not included in his flight plan. I should have not sent this flight plan. The incident occurred when Center Controller told the pilot to precede direct a fix that I should have issued to him; and he was not aware of the change to his routing. This happens a lot. When I worked under another Center they were responsible for making sure a flight plan could be sent. If the flight plan couldn't be sent; the Center would call and advise that the aircraft had to be issued a different routing. Our current Center does not have this requirement. Put the PDC on auto send and make the Center responsible for ensuring that the routing is what they want.

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	1067037
Time
Date	201302
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-83
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Data / Clearance Delivery
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Tower controller described a wrong pre departure clearance clearance issuance; noting that the controlling center should be the final authority in determining the clearance route.