Pre departure clearance confusion. Amended section of routing missed.

Attributes
ACN	313340
Time
Date	199508
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : clt
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : las
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 8700 flight time type : 5200
ASRS Report	313340
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On climb out out of clt on the hornet 6 SID we were handed over to ZTL from clt departure. After checking in, the center gave us a higher altitude and told us to proceed direct to 'atl' rest of route unchanged. A quick check of our route showed that we were not going over 'atl.' so we told ZTL we were not filed that way. Of course, he asked us how we were filed, which we told him. At that point he changed our clearance to 'atl-vuz as previously cleared.' since we had not reached the 'haray' intersection on the charlotte SID we were never off course, but would have been had we not been given a change upon check-in. The confusion I feel resulted from the display on our ACARS screen. Since our company filed route showed 'clt haray odf vuz J52 dfw J4 abi J66 ewm J4 san' I assumed the 'haray spa J14 atl vuz' part was a mistake since it was not complete. My thoughts and resolutions: it would be helpful to put 'amdt' or something similar if the route is amended on the screen. It also would be nice if they know they are amending the route, not to include any other unnecessary rtes on the same screen. I should have called clearance by voice and verified the route instead of assuming they had made a mistake.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PDC CONFUSION. AMENDED SECTION OF ROUTING MISSED.

Narrative: ON CLBOUT OUT OF CLT ON THE HORNET 6 SID WE WERE HANDED OVER TO ZTL FROM CLT DEP. AFTER CHKING IN, THE CTR GAVE US A HIGHER ALT AND TOLD US TO PROCEED DIRECT TO 'ATL' REST OF RTE UNCHANGED. A QUICK CHK OF OUR RTE SHOWED THAT WE WERE NOT GOING OVER 'ATL.' SO WE TOLD ZTL WE WERE NOT FILED THAT WAY. OF COURSE, HE ASKED US HOW WE WERE FILED, WHICH WE TOLD HIM. AT THAT POINT HE CHANGED OUR CLRNC TO 'ATL-VUZ AS PREVIOUSLY CLRED.' SINCE WE HAD NOT REACHED THE 'HARAY' INTXN ON THE CHARLOTTE SID WE WERE NEVER OFF COURSE, BUT WOULD HAVE BEEN HAD WE NOT BEEN GIVEN A CHANGE UPON CHK-IN. THE CONFUSION I FEEL RESULTED FROM THE DISPLAY ON OUR ACARS SCREEN. SINCE OUR COMPANY FILED RTE SHOWED 'CLT HARAY ODF VUZ J52 DFW J4 ABI J66 EWM J4 SAN' I ASSUMED THE 'HARAY SPA J14 ATL VUZ' PART WAS A MISTAKE SINCE IT WAS NOT COMPLETE. MY THOUGHTS AND RESOLUTIONS: IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO PUT 'AMDT' OR SOMETHING SIMILAR IF THE RTE IS AMENDED ON THE SCREEN. IT ALSO WOULD BE NICE IF THEY KNOW THEY ARE AMENDING THE RTE, NOT TO INCLUDE ANY OTHER UNNECESSARY RTES ON THE SAME SCREEN. I SHOULD HAVE CALLED CLRNC BY VOICE AND VERIFIED THE RTE INSTEAD OF ASSUMING THEY HAD MADE A MISTAKE.

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.