Route change by ARTCC at last min brings suggestion of more notice desired by air carrier crew.

Attributes
ACN	476200
Time
Date	200006
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : pxt.vortac
State Reference	VA
Altitude	msl single value : 25000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdc.artcc tower : atl.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Route In Use	enroute airway : j191.airway
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 10000
ASRS Report	476200
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance

Narrative:

This is more of a complaint about ATC procedure than a problem event per southeast. We were flying J191 to pxt and then the rbv 1 ewr. Center changed our clearance to 'turn and fly 020 degrees and intercept J14 and then fly the rbv 1 to ewr.' the problem is not that our route was change -- but that our route was changed leaving us no time to figure out the new routing before flying through the new airway. By the time we located the new route on the chart and dialed it in, we were already flying through the radial and had to turn hard right to try and reintercept. Plus, being close to the station didn't help matters either! Center called us past the airway and we said we were correcting. He then just cleared us direct eno which solved the whole problem. I just feel strongly that if center wants to change our routing that they should do so leaving us ample time to get situated and established on our new course!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RTE CHANGE BY ARTCC AT LAST MIN BRINGS SUGGESTION OF MORE NOTICE DESIRED BY ACR CREW.

Narrative: THIS IS MORE OF A COMPLAINT ABOUT ATC PROC THAN A PROB EVENT PER SE. WE WERE FLYING J191 TO PXT AND THEN THE RBV 1 EWR. CTR CHANGED OUR CLRNC TO 'TURN AND FLY 020 DEGS AND INTERCEPT J14 AND THEN FLY THE RBV 1 TO EWR.' THE PROB IS NOT THAT OUR RTE WAS CHANGE -- BUT THAT OUR RTE WAS CHANGED LEAVING US NO TIME TO FIGURE OUT THE NEW ROUTING BEFORE FLYING THROUGH THE NEW AIRWAY. BY THE TIME WE LOCATED THE NEW RTE ON THE CHART AND DIALED IT IN, WE WERE ALREADY FLYING THROUGH THE RADIAL AND HAD TO TURN HARD R TO TRY AND REINTERCEPT. PLUS, BEING CLOSE TO THE STATION DIDN'T HELP MATTERS EITHER! CTR CALLED US PAST THE AIRWAY AND WE SAID WE WERE CORRECTING. HE THEN JUST CLRED US DIRECT ENO WHICH SOLVED THE WHOLE PROB. I JUST FEEL STRONGLY THAT IF CTR WANTS TO CHANGE OUR ROUTING THAT THEY SHOULD DO SO LEAVING US AMPLE TIME TO GET SITUATED AND ESTABLISHED ON OUR NEW COURSE!

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.