B737 first officer reports being cleared via zimmz Q42 btrix Q480 air but cannot find the route on t...

Narrative:

The non-standard filed route was: zimmz Q42 btrix Q480 air J110 stl J19 zun ... Upon review; I found the high 3/4 enroute chart did not have the Q480 route and the Q42 route did not start at zimmz or end at brtix. The aircraft did accept the routing and; upon further searching; I discovered the high 7/8 enroute chart did have the correct Q480 and Q42 routes. I searched the lep for the ship set; but was unable to find anything that showed the current dates for the enroute charts. When we arrived; they swapped out our ship sets and gave us new ones. That ship set also had high enroute 3/4 charts with the same date. We did have a chart (the 7/8) we could navigate from; but I do not believe it is wise to be carrying non-current charts (the 3/4). I do not know whether this is because the FAA hasn't sent the information to [the chart maker] or if [the chart maker] has inadvertently failed to produce or swap out the charts. I am unsure why the effective dates of the enroute charts are not listed with the other charts and pages in the lep.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 First Officer reports being cleared via ZIMMZ Q42 BTRIX Q480 AIR but cannot find the route on the High 3/4 enroute chart. The FMC accepts the route as filed. Out of date charts are suspected.

Narrative: The non-standard filed route was: ZIMMZ Q42 BTRIX Q480 AIR J110 STL J19 ZUN ... Upon review; I found the High 3/4 Enroute chart did not have the Q480 route and the Q42 route did not start at ZIMMZ or end at BRTIX. The aircraft did accept the routing and; upon further searching; I discovered the High 7/8 Enroute Chart did have the correct Q480 and Q42 routes. I searched the LEP for the ship set; but was unable to find anything that showed the current dates for the enroute charts. When we arrived; they swapped out our ship sets and gave us new ones. That ship set also had High Enroute 3/4 charts with the same date. We did have a chart (the 7/8) we could navigate from; but I do not believe it is wise to be carrying non-current charts (the 3/4). I do not know whether this is because the FAA hasn't sent the information to [the chart maker] or if [the chart maker] has inadvertently failed to produce or swap out the charts. I am unsure why the effective dates of the enroute charts are not listed with the other charts and pages in the LEP.

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	977642
Time
Date	201111
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 248 Flight Crew Type 5000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

B737 first officer reports being cleared via zimmz Q42 btrix Q480 air but cannot find the route on the high 3/4 enroute chart. The FMC accepts the route as filed. Out of date charts are suspected.