E175 flight crew member reported being cleared to a point that was not on the flight planned route. ...

Narrative:

Was cruising along just after leveling off. I believe we were right prior to the waypoint of stymy when ATC gave us a fix that didn't sound like any on our flight plan. After reviewing the loaded flight plan vs the fixes on our printed release again we didn't see the fix and told ATC it wasn't on our flight plan. Controller replied back saying it was on our flight plan. He then spelled it out for us and we wrote it down to verify and still didn't see it. His spelling was something along the line et then he would mumble the rest even after we asked again. We again said nothing showing with an et start on our plan and then he asked us our next fixes and cleared us to zerbo instead. Overall I believe we were in the right on not accepting a fix not shown in our plan. That was a day of new database so everyone was learning new fixes/routes and florida was really hectic with all controllers learning the new stuff and shortcuts as it was happening and old habits could have still been showing. No one had said anything more to us while on that frequency on fixes or down the line.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: E175 flight crew member reported being cleared to a point that was not on the flight planned route. Reporter mentioned new fixes and routings in Florida possibly contributed to the issue.

Narrative: Was cruising along just after leveling off. I believe we were right prior to the waypoint of STYMY when ATC gave us a fix that didn't sound like any on our flight plan. After reviewing the loaded flight plan vs the fixes on our printed release again we didn't see the fix and told ATC it wasn't on our flight plan. Controller replied back saying it was on our flight plan. He then spelled it out for us and we wrote it down to verify and still didn't see it. His spelling was something along the line ET then he would mumble the rest even after we asked again. We again said nothing showing with an ET start on our plan and then he asked us our next fixes and cleared us to ZERBO instead. Overall I believe we were in the right on not accepting a fix not shown in our plan. That was a day of new database so everyone was learning new fixes/routes and Florida was really hectic with all controllers learning the new stuff and shortcuts as it was happening and old habits could have still been showing. No one had said anything more to us while on that frequency on fixes or down the line.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1593396
Time
Date	201811
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZMA.ARTCC
State Reference	FL
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Other / Unknown
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types

E175 flight crew member reported being cleared to a point that was not on the flight planned route. Reporter mentioned new fixes and routings in florida possibly contributed to the issue.