HDG TRACK POS DEV.
Synopsis
HDG TRACK POS DEV.
Narrative
I FELT WE WERE RUSHED DURING PREFLT BECAUSE THE JETWAY WAS LATE IN POSITIONING TO THE ACFT. AS I PERFORMED THE INTERIOR CHK; THE FO RECEIVED THE CLRNC WHICH I OVERHEARD. IT WAS THE STANDARD CANNED CLRNC; 'DORVAL...DEP; RWY 24R CTR STORED ROUTING; SQUAWK XXXX.' THE FO READ BACK THE ENTIRE CLRNC AS REQUIRED IN CANADA. DURING TAXI; I REQUESTED RWY 28 AS IT WOULD BE A SHORTER TAXI. AFTER BEING CLRED TO RWY 28; I READ THE DEP FOR THE DORVAL 5 RWY 28 WHICH SAID FLY 284 DEG HDG; MAINTAIN 5000 FT. MY FO SAID 'NO; WE WERE CLRED FOR THE DORVAL 6; HDG 315 DEGS; MAINTAIN 3000 FT.' I TURNED THE PAGE TO THE DORVAL 6 AND CONFIRMED THE HDG AND ALT. UPON CONTACTING DEP CTL; WE WERE TOLD TO MAINTAIN 4000 FT. HE NOTICED MY TURN TO 315 DEGS AND ASKED WHAT SID WE WERE GIVEN. WE SAID DORVAL 6. HE TOLD US TO TURN L TO A SW HDG AND SAID 'IT IS OK THIS TIME BECAUSE OF NO TFC BUT IN FUTURE DON'T ACCEPT THE DORVAL 6 BECAUSE IT IS FOR TURBOPROPS.' WE THANKED HIM AND PROCEEDED ON. AT NO TIME WAS THERE ANY CONFLICT IN TFC OR WAS SAFETY COMPROMISED. WHEN I RETURNED TO MY BASE; I WAS TOLD I HAD BEEN WRITTEN UP FOR FLYING THE WRONG SID. THE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ERROR WAS MINE AS CAPT OF THE FLT. I SHOULD HAVE NOTICED THE ERROR MY FO MADE IN TELLING ME WE WERE CLRED FOR THE DORVAL 6 SID. BUT! -- THIS WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED IF THE CANADIANS WOULD RENAME THE TURBOPROP SID WITH ANOTHER NAME. NOWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES DO I KNOW OF SIDS WITH THE SAME NAME BUT DIFFERENT NUMBERS. THE LABEL 'TURBOPROP ACFT' IS IN SMALLER PRINT UNDERNEATH THE TITLE OF THE SID. SURELY THE CANADIANS CAN UNDERSTAND; IT IS JUST AS EASY TO LABEL 1 OF THE 2; 'DORNAL 5' AND MUCKY MUCK 6.'
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.