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Air carrier captain reported pre departure clearance uplink to aircraft FMC was incorrect based on route required by ATC. Problem was reported as ongoing at this location.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1500757 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201711 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | IAD.Airport |
| State Reference | DC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Route In Use | SID JCOBY3 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Type 780 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance |
Narrative:
Our pre departure clearance and the accompanying uplink to the FMC did not match what ATC expected us to do after takeoff. As the attachments show; the FMC uplink incorrectly loaded dir swann dir bross. The pre departure clearance even emphasized with + symbols to '+load new route to rbv+'; then as filed after rbv. Since loading the 'new' route was empathized; they clearly did not want us to fly the filed route to rbv which was the JCOBY3.swann transition. Knowing that this pre departure clearance system is dangerously misleading; we got voice confirmation to fly the JCOBY3.swann; to disregard the FMC uplink error and the incorrect; highly emphasized; portion of the pre departure clearance. This ongoing threat would likely have flown us close to or over prohibited areas of the capitol had we followed the clearance and executed the uplinked route. Every preflight already has plenty of distractions and interruptions without this ongoing; unnecessary threat to safety.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported PDC uplink to aircraft FMC was incorrect based on route required by ATC. Problem was reported as ongoing at this location.
Narrative: Our PDC and the accompanying Uplink to the FMC did not match what ATC expected us to do after takeoff. As the attachments show; the FMC Uplink incorrectly loaded DIR SWANN DIR BROSS. The PDC even emphasized with + symbols to '+LOAD NEW ROUTE TO RBV+'; then as filed after RBV. Since loading the 'NEW' route was empathized; they clearly did not want us to fly the filed route to RBV which was the JCOBY3.SWANN transition. Knowing that this PDC system is dangerously misleading; we got voice confirmation to fly the JCOBY3.SWANN; to disregard the FMC Uplink error and the incorrect; highly emphasized; portion of the PDC. This ongoing threat would likely have flown us close to or over prohibited areas of the capitol had we followed the clearance and executed the uplinked route. Every preflight already has plenty of distractions and interruptions without this ongoing; unnecessary threat to safety.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.