The crew received pre departure clearance's with a 'route change' note but the routing appeared to b...

Narrative:

We received our pdclearance via ACARS per normal. However there was an 'attention route change' note on the clearance. But the route was exactly as filed. We called ATC who told us they were eliminating the lando fix. We said ok and re-checked our clearance which still had us filed lax.J54.ehf; which includes the lando fix. We queried the clearance controller again. She stated this was for a 'preferential' route (I think that was the word--whatever the word; it was the same one and almost an identical scenario out of slc to san earlier that same morning.) either way in both cases; the 'route change' clearance and the filed clearance were identical. I'm sure there is a reason for this; but whatever it is; it needs to be fixed. It causes unnecessary confusion and trains one to ignore these notes. Not to mention both controllers (in san and slc) could not fully explain why we were issued a route change. Actually asking them about it seemed to further muddle the situation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The crew received PDC's with a 'route change' note but the routing appeared to be identical to the filed route. This happened at both SAN and SLC.

Narrative: We received our PDClearance via ACARS per normal. However there was an 'attention route change' note on the clearance. But the route was exactly as filed. We called ATC who told us they were eliminating the LANDO fix. We said OK and re-checked our clearance which still had us filed LAX.J54.EHF; which includes the LANDO fix. We queried the Clearance Controller again. She stated this was for a 'preferential' route (I think that was the word--whatever the word; it was the same one and almost an identical scenario out of SLC to SAN earlier that same morning.) Either way in both cases; the 'route change' clearance and the filed clearance were identical. I'm sure there is a reason for this; but whatever it is; it needs to be fixed. It causes unnecessary confusion and trains one to ignore these notes. Not to mention both controllers (in SAN and SLC) could not fully explain why we were issued a route change. Actually asking them about it seemed to further muddle the situation.

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Attributes
ACN	1305834
Time
Date	201510
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	SAN.Airport
State Reference	CA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

The crew received pre departure clearance's with a 'route change' note but the routing appeared to be identical to the filed route. This happened at both san and slc.