Air carrier medium large transport captain complaint about receiving a clearance not consistent with filed flight plan and using a VOR fix that is off the air.

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Attributes
ACN	175803
Time
Date	199104
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : phl
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 6000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : phl tower : clt
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure sid : sid enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	175803
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Deviation
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Received incomplete clearance to intercept a jet arwy not on our ATC route of flight with next VOR (gve) off the air. Requested vectors back on ATC flight plan. Reassigned same clearance. Gve is out of service long term and still used as an arwy/fix. Factors: frequency congestion and cluttered chart. Overloaded controller, non standard clearance ie, to fix or destination.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG CAPT COMPLAINT ABOUT RECEIVING A CLRNC NOT CONSISTENT WITH FILED FLT PLAN AND USING A VOR FIX THAT IS OFF THE AIR.

Narrative: RECEIVED INCOMPLETE CLRNC TO INTERCEPT A JET ARWY NOT ON OUR ATC RTE OF FLT WITH NEXT VOR (GVE) OFF THE AIR. REQUESTED VECTORS BACK ON ATC FLT PLAN. REASSIGNED SAME CLRNC. GVE IS OUT OF SVC LONG TERM AND STILL USED AS AN ARWY/FIX. FACTORS: FREQ CONGESTION AND CLUTTERED CHART. OVERLOADED CTLR, NON STANDARD CLRNC IE, TO FIX OR DEST.

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.