ACR MLG; WHILE FLYING THE EWR ARTHUR KILL 1 SID; MISREAD CHART AND FAILED TO NOTICE THEY WERE TO INTERCEPT THE SBJ 100 DEG RADIAL. RPTR CITES POOR CHART DESIGN. THEY WERE EXPECTING VECTORS.

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THE NEW (JUL/XX/97) ARTHUR KILL 1 DEP FROM EWR (EWR 10-3) IS VERY POORLY DEPICTED ON THE 10-3 SID PAGE. INSTRUCTIONS TO INTERCEPT THE SBJ 100 DEG RADIAL ARE NOT DEPICTED ON THE GRAPHIC PLAN VIEW; BUT ARE BURIED ONLY BTWN 2 SECTIONS OF THE TEXT VERSION. THE 'THENCE' TEXT OF; FOR EXAMPLE; THE BIGGY TRANSITION; IMPLIES WE SHOULD EXPECT VECTORS TO THE SBJ 237 DEG RADIAL. THE OLD 'EWR 6 SID' IS SIMILAR TO 'ARTHUR KILL 1' IN GRAPHIC DEPICTION AND TEXT; BUT REQUIRES A 220 DEG HDG AFTER IJNN 2.3 DME; INSTEAD OF THE 250 DEG HDG ON ARTHUR KILL 1; AND DOES NOT REQUIRE A RADIAL INTERCEPT. THIS HAS BEEN THE NORMAL DEP PROC FOR YRS AT EWR. WE TOOK OFF FROM EWR USING ARTHUR KILL 1 DEP; WINDING UP ON A 250 DEG HDG DURING CLBOUT; EXPECTING RADAR VECTORS. HOWEVER; DEP CTL COMPLAINED WE WERE NOT COMPLYING WITH THE DEP TRACK; AND GAVE US HDG CHANGES TO INTERCEPT THE SBJ 100 DEG RADIAL. BEFORE SWITCHING OFF HIS FREQ; WE HEARD 2 FLTS DEPARTING BEHIND US MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE; MAINTAINING A 250 DEG HDG; INSTEAD OF INTERCEPTING THE SBJ 100 DEG RADIAL. THE CTLR WAS AUDIBLY (AND INCREASINGLY) AGITATED; WITH EACH SUCCESSIVE DEP. WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THE GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THIS DEP SHOULD BE REDRAWN TO SHOW A CLR REQUIREMENT TO FLY A GND TRACK TO INTERCEPT THE SBJ 100 DEG RADIAL FROM THE INITIAL 250 DEG HDG.