A dispatcher reported that a non-GPS equipped B757-200 he became responsible for after shift change;...

Narrative:

I came on duty for an early morning day shift as flight dispatcher for company. It was a busy morning as a captain called wanting his flight plan that had not yet been done yet and I reviewed the weather; I noticed I had to amend a flight plan done on the midnight shift to change to a legal alternate. That flight was due at its destination in about 35 minutes. Thirty-eight minutes later I also got an ACARS message from a flight; asking if the RNAV departure out of his departure airport was not authorized for a non-GPS equipped airplane due to a NOTAM stating that. I confirmed the NOTAM stated that the SID was not authorized for non-GPS planes. Flight was still sitting at the gate. At the time I came on duty that flight had already been flight planned and the terms of the flight plan had been accepted by the captain's signature on the release. The captain claims he was cleared by ATC on the RNAV SID; and the dispatcher was at fault. I had not flight planned or ATC filed this flight; but did assume responsibility as the relieving dispatcher. As I had not done the original paperwork; I could not confirm all that had occurred on the previous shift. However; ATC routinely assigns SID's and stars to flights without regard to their gpa capabilities. The dispatcher that I relieved has since told me that he did not plan or ATC file the RNAV departure for that flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Dispatcher reported that a non-GPS equipped B757-200 he became responsible for after shift change; was issued an RNAV departure which was NOTAMed GPS only by either ATC or the Dispatcher.

Narrative: I came on duty for an early morning day shift as flight Dispatcher for company. It was a busy morning as a Captain called wanting his flight plan that had not yet been done yet and I reviewed the weather; I noticed I had to amend a flight plan done on the midnight shift to change to a legal alternate. That flight was due at its destination in about 35 minutes. Thirty-eight minutes later I also got an ACARS message from a flight; asking if the RNAV departure out of his departure airport was not authorized for a non-GPS equipped airplane due to a NOTAM stating that. I confirmed the NOTAM stated that the SID was not authorized for non-GPS planes. Flight was still sitting at the gate. At the time I came on duty that flight had already been flight planned and the terms of the flight plan had been accepted by the Captain's signature on the release. The Captain claims he was cleared by ATC on the RNAV SID; and the Dispatcher was at fault. I had not flight planned or ATC filed this flight; but did assume responsibility as the relieving Dispatcher. As I had not done the original paperwork; I could not confirm all that had occurred on the previous shift. However; ATC routinely assigns SID's and STARS to flights without regard to their GPA capabilities. The Dispatcher that I relieved has since told me that he did not plan or ATC file the RNAV departure for that flight.

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	1091606
Time
Date	201305
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Dispatcher
Qualification	Dispatch Dispatcher
Experience	Dispatch Dispatch 25
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

A dispatcher reported that a non-GPS equipped B757-200 he became responsible for after shift change; was issued an RNAV departure which was notamed GPS only by either ATC or the dispatcher.