An air carrier captain reported that departing clt they are often cleared at the last moment to exec...

Narrative:

On multiple legs on this trip; we have been issued an RNAV departure out of clt. Using runway 18C as the takeoff runway our first fix is girgy. Once on the runway clt tower issues: '.... At the 1.6 DME fix turn right heading 200.' at every instance; we are not set up to do any DME navigation and; furthermore; because clt VORTAC is not referenced in the clearance or the RNAV departure procedure we are now on the runway with a new navigation clearance that is unexpected. On the last departure from clt today the clt VORTAC frequency was not even auto tuned to the flying pilot's navigation radio and extra time was used to tune that radio to comply with the new clearance. I have asked clt and this clearance is for noise abatement.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier Captain reported that departing CLT they are often cleared at the last moment to execute a turn at a DME fix off the CLT VOR; which is not required to be tuned by procedure.

Narrative: On multiple legs on this trip; we have been issued an RNAV departure out of CLT. Using Runway 18C as the takeoff Runway our first fix is GIRGY. Once on the Runway CLT Tower issues: '.... at the 1.6 DME fix turn right heading 200.' At every instance; we are not set up to do any DME navigation and; furthermore; because CLT VORTAC is not referenced in the clearance or the RNAV departure procedure we are now on the Runway with a new navigation clearance that is unexpected. On the last departure from CLT today the CLT VORTAC frequency was not even auto tuned to the flying pilot's navigation radio and extra time was used to tune that radio to comply with the new clearance. I have asked CLT and this clearance is for noise abatement.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	849878
Time
Date	200908
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	CLT.Airport
State Reference	NC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

An air carrier captain reported that departing clt they are often cleared at the last moment to execute a turn at a DME fix off the clt VOR; which is not required to be tuned by procedure.