An air carrier captain reported dispatch filed a west bound atlantic crossing on track charlie; but ...

Narrative:

On check in at flight operations; I noticed that the dispatcher comments section of the flight plan showed us released via track bravo; but the body of the flight plan had us on track charlie. I called dispatch and was told that the released track bravo was a typo; and we were in fact cleared on track charlie. When we sent our track request to shanwick via ACARS they responded with 'call shanwick to negotiate.' when I called them; they showed us filed on track bravo. I told them no; we were filed on track charlie. They cleared us on track charlie and we proceeded across the ocean. At approximately N90; gander cleared us to pelsi intersection. I was on break and my first officer told gander that we didn't have pelsi on our flight plan and that our coast in was via lakes waypoint and from there to mckee. Gander said we were filed track bravo to pelsi and we went through the entire story with them and they cleared us to lakes and flight plan route. The ramifications of this error on dispatch even after my inquiry before take off is immense. Not only could there have been deviation violations filed; but there could have been separation problems as well. Thankfully; no violations occurred due to the vigilance of the cockpit crew. We were not the only flight this happened to today. This needs to be addressed soon before there is a route violation or a mid air incident or accident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier Captain reported Dispatch filed a west bound Atlantic crossing on Track Charlie; but put Track Bravo on the release. Once airborne ATC thought they were filed Track Bravo and twice they had to negotiate with ATC to remain on Track Charlie.

Narrative: On check in at Flight Operations; I noticed that the Dispatcher comments section of the flight plan showed us released via Track Bravo; but the body of the flight plan had us on Track Charlie. I called Dispatch and was told that the released Track Bravo was a typo; and we were in fact cleared on Track Charlie. When we sent our track request to Shanwick via ACARS they responded with 'call Shanwick to negotiate.' When I called them; they showed us filed on Track Bravo. I told them no; we were filed on Track Charlie. They cleared us on Track Charlie and we proceeded across the ocean. At approximately N90; Gander cleared us to PELSI Intersection. I was on break and my First Officer told Gander that we didn't have PELSI on our flight plan and that our coast in was via LAKES waypoint and from there to MCKEE. Gander said we were filed Track Bravo to PELSI and we went through the entire story with them and they cleared us to Lakes and flight plan route. The ramifications of this error on Dispatch even after my inquiry before take off is immense. Not only could there have been deviation violations filed; but there could have been separation problems as well. Thankfully; no violations occurred due to the vigilance of the cockpit crew. We were not the only flight this happened to today. This needs to be addressed soon before there is a route violation or a mid air incident or accident.

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	980095
Time
Date	201111
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	EGGX.ARTCC
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Widebody Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise Taxi
Route In Use	Oceanic
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 22000 Flight Crew Type 7000
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

An air carrier captain reported dispatch filed a west bound atlantic crossing on track charlie; but put track bravo on the release. Once airborne ATC thought they were filed track bravo and twice they had to negotiate with ATC to remain on track charlie.