Narrative:

I was an oncoming d-side with a trainee. When we accepted the sector; aircraft X was already on sector and on frequency. During the briefing; we were informed that aircraft X was cleared to lax via the bufie 1 arrival. The event happened in socal TRACON's airspace because his flight plan was showing that aircraft X was on the leena 4 arrival when in fact he was on the bufie 1. If the flight plan reflected that the aircraft was on the leena 4; it was an honest and professional mistake on my part. I was briefed that the aircraft was on the bufie 1 arrival so my failure was not verifying on the computer what the flight plan actually states; but the aircraft was too close for arrival for me to even effect a change to the flight plan. When aircraft X checked on frequency; the aircraft automatically got cleared via the bufie 1 arrival to lax. Then the next step would be to accomplished; via the uret; the following: 1. Left click on the call sign to highlight aircraft X. 2. Left click on the template to open aircraft X flight plan. 3. Input the value of '1.00' on his rna /arrivals to indicate that the aircraft is GPS equipped. 4. Click 'send' 5. Close the template 6. Apply the preferential 'BUFIE1' to VAU1.it takes 6 steps to enter this whole arrival for one aircraft. It is easy to miss an unsuccessful message because of all these inputs. The computer showed that the flight plan was accepted and couple of minutes; later it showed as unsuccessful. Recommendation; find a way to eliminate the 6 steps. If the flight plan was filed correctly it would take one step to clear aircraft X via the bufie 1 arrival. This change could either be done through our local traffic management unit or through flight dispatch.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZLA Controller voiced concern regarding the six steps required to change arrival flight plan routings when the original filing was completed incorrectly by the company.

Narrative: I was an oncoming D-Side with a trainee. when we accepted the sector; Aircraft X was already on sector and on frequency. During the briefing; we were informed that Aircraft X was cleared to LAX via the BUFIE 1 Arrival. The event happened in SOCAL TRACON's airspace because his Flight Plan was showing that Aircraft X was on the LEENA 4 Arrival when in fact he was on the BUFIE 1. If the Flight Plan reflected that the aircraft was on the LEENA 4; it was an honest and professional mistake on my part. I was briefed that the aircraft was on the BUFIE 1 Arrival so my failure was NOT verifying on the computer what the flight plan actually states; but the aircraft was too close for arrival for me to even effect a change to the flight plan. When Aircraft X checked on frequency; the aircraft automatically got cleared via the BUFIE 1 Arrival to LAX. Then the next step would be to accomplished; via the URET; the following: 1. Left click on the call sign to highlight Aircraft X. 2. Left click on the TEMPLATE to open Aircraft X flight plan. 3. Input the value of '1.00' on his RNA /ARRIVALS to indicate that the aircraft is GPS equipped. 4. Click 'send' 5. Close the template 6. Apply the preferential 'BUFIE1' to VAU1.it takes 6 steps to enter this whole arrival for one aircraft. It is easy to miss an unsuccessful message because of all these inputs. The computer showed that the flight plan was accepted and couple of minutes; later it showed as unsuccessful. Recommendation; find a way to eliminate the 6 steps. If the flight plan was filed correctly it would take one step to clear Aircraft X via the BUFIE 1 arrival. This change could either be done through our local traffic management unit or through flight dispatch.

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.