Medium large transport makes heading change to avoid WX.

Attributes
ACN	242687
Time
Date	199305
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : clt
State Reference	NC
Altitude	msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : clt
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5500
ASRS Report	242687
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Slight heading deviation of 10 degrees for WX. ATC said 'who assigned this heading.' we said we were making a small deviation for WX. The controller sounded mad so this is the reason why I'm writing this report.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG MAKES HDG CHANGE TO AVOID WX.

Narrative: SLIGHT HDG DEV OF 10 DEGS FOR WX. ATC SAID 'WHO ASSIGNED THIS HDG.' WE SAID WE WERE MAKING A SMALL DEV FOR WX. THE CTLR SOUNDED MAD SO THIS IS THE REASON WHY I'M WRITING THIS RPT.

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.