A320 flight crew reported some confusion when they were cleared for a heading after takeoff on 25R a...

Attributes
ACN	978384
Time
Date	201111
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	LAX.Tower
State Reference	CA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 130 Flight Crew Total 17000 Flight Crew Type 400
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

Tower cleared us for takeoff on 25R and then added to turn to a heading of 210 at the lax VOR. This was unsafe as we were on the take off roll and the VOR is off runway 24. We were a little late setting up the turn and the tower was unimpressed. We felt they should have given us the heading before the takeoff clearance and we could have elected to hold in position to set up the turn.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 flight crew reported some confusion when they were cleared for a heading after takeoff on 25R at LAX.

Narrative: Tower cleared us for takeoff on 25R and then added to turn to a heading of 210 at the LAX VOR. This was unsafe as we were on the take off roll and the VOR is off Runway 24. We were a little late setting up the turn and the tower was unimpressed. We felt they should have given us the heading before the takeoff clearance and we could have elected to hold in position to set up the turn.

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.

A320 flight crew reported some confusion when they were cleared for a heading after takeoff on 25R at lax.