A319 flight crew receives a confusing pre departure clearance which they interpret incorrectly and i...

Narrative:

The pre departure clearance had a filed route of iad bunzz 2 ramay. There was no revised segment. However; in the remarks section it said capital 8 departure. So that's what we thought we were supposed to load in the FMGC. After a tower assigned heading of 230 after takeoff from 19L we were switched to departure control. They cleared us direct to tiice intersection and the remainder of the bunzz 2 departure. I told the controller the pre departure clearance said the capitol 8. There was no deviation on our part but it is confusing from the pre departure clearance which departure they wanted us to fly. It is not safe to be heads down reprogramming the box shortly after takeoff; in my opinion.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 flight crew receives a confusing PDC which they interpret incorrectly and insert the wrong SID in the FMGC. This is quickly straightened out after departure with no appreciable track deviation.

Narrative: The PDC had a filed route of IAD BUNZZ 2 Ramay. There was no revised segment. However; in the REMARKS section it said CAPITAL 8 DEPARTURE. So that's what we thought we were supposed to load in the FMGC. After a Tower assigned heading of 230 after takeoff from 19L we were switched to Departure Control. They cleared us direct to TIICE intersection and the remainder of the BUNZZ 2 Departure. I told the Controller the PDC said the CAPITOL 8. There was no deviation on our part but it is confusing from the PDC which departure they wanted us to fly. It is not safe to be heads down reprogramming the box shortly after takeoff; in my opinion.

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	1089143
Time
Date	201305
Place
Locale Reference	PCT.TRACON
State Reference	VA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Route In Use	SID BUNZZ 2
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

A319 flight crew receives a confusing pre departure clearance which they interpret incorrectly and insert the wrong SID in the FMGC. This is quickly straightened out after departure with no appreciable track deviation.