After a legal dispatch the flight crew requested a route change that the reporter says was not legal...

Attributes
ACN	175152
Time
Date	199104
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : mkc airport : msp
State Reference	MO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 35000 msl bound upper : 35000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zkc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
ASRS Report	175152
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Crew requested change in routing after departure. The flight dispatcher had rted flight around 2 mountain wave. Crew was informed that the route he was requesting had no driftdown information and was too heavy for terrain clearance. The crew told the dispatcher that terrain clearance and driftdown was for dispatcher planning only and that once airborne he could fly anywhere he wanted. Of course this is in direct violation of the far's. This attitude has been taught in the training department per PIC.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AFTER A LEGAL DISPATCH THE FLT CREW REQUESTED A ROUTE CHANGE THAT THE REPORTER SAYS WAS NOT LEGAL.

Narrative: CREW REQUESTED CHANGE IN RTING AFTER DEP. THE FLT DISPATCHER HAD RTED FLT AROUND 2 MOUNTAIN WAVE. CREW WAS INFORMED THAT THE RTE HE WAS REQUESTING HAD NO DRIFTDOWN INFO AND WAS TOO HVY FOR TERRAIN CLRNC. THE CREW TOLD THE DISPATCHER THAT TERRAIN CLRNC AND DRIFTDOWN WAS FOR DISPATCHER PLANNING ONLY AND THAT ONCE AIRBORNE HE COULD FLY ANYWHERE HE WANTED. OF COURSE THIS IS IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE FAR'S. THIS ATTITUDE HAS BEEN TAUGHT IN THE TRNING DEPT PER PIC.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.