Narrative:

Confused maspeth climb -- right turn with the cleared whitestone climb, left turn. This was during a captain's IOE. We had been rushed on a 44 min turn with a full route clearance rerte that required reprogramming the GPS. New captain flying. Thorough briefing during taxi out but check airman distraction doing takeoff checklist. Captain began to turn left -- correctly -- check airman said to turn right -- incorrectly. Captain obeyed when he knew better, deferring to authority/authorized who was incorrect. No conflict noted.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FO ON IOE CAPT UPGRADE CHK TURNED THE WRONG WAY ON INITIAL CLB DEP AND WAS CORRECTED BACK BY DEP CTLR.

Narrative: CONFUSED MASPETH CLB -- R TURN WITH THE CLRED WHITESTONE CLB, L TURN. THIS WAS DURING A CAPT'S IOE. WE HAD BEEN RUSHED ON A 44 MIN TURN WITH A FULL RTE CLRNC RERTE THAT REQUIRED REPROGRAMMING THE GPS. NEW CAPT FLYING. THOROUGH BRIEFING DURING TAXI OUT BUT CHK AIRMAN DISTR DOING TKOF CHKLIST. CAPT BEGAN TO TURN L -- CORRECTLY -- CHK AIRMAN SAID TO TURN R -- INCORRECTLY. CAPT OBEYED WHEN HE KNEW BETTER, DEFERRING TO AUTH WHO WAS INCORRECT. NO CONFLICT NOTED.

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.