Narrative:

Crossing the bilee intersection; ZHU asked us if we were on J87. The revised clearance that came out of ACARS changed us from the JPOOL3 departure to the DARTZ2 departure to bilee and direct iah. I informed them of this and they said ok. Upon further investigation there was what looked like '***' on the revised segment so we pulled up another clearance and sure enough it said J87. Don't know what happened to the first ACARS print. It was garbled a little but readable; just did not have what looked like J87 on it. Clearance should have read DARTZ2 to navasota and there would be no confusion.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A REVISED DEP AND ROUTING WAS ISSUED WITH THE PDC FOR AN MD80 FLT CREW. THE PDC WAS NOT PRINTED CLEARLY AND WAS MISINTERPRETED.

Narrative: XING THE BILEE INTXN; ZHU ASKED US IF WE WERE ON J87. THE REVISED CLRNC THAT CAME OUT OF ACARS CHANGED US FROM THE JPOOL3 DEP TO THE DARTZ2 DEP TO BILEE AND DIRECT IAH. I INFORMED THEM OF THIS AND THEY SAID OK. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THERE WAS WHAT LOOKED LIKE '***' ON THE REVISED SEGMENT SO WE PULLED UP ANOTHER CLRNC AND SURE ENOUGH IT SAID J87. DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FIRST ACARS PRINT. IT WAS GARBLED A LITTLE BUT READABLE; JUST DID NOT HAVE WHAT LOOKED LIKE J87 ON IT. CLRNC SHOULD HAVE READ DARTZ2 TO NAVASOTA AND THERE WOULD BE NO CONFUSION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.