AN ACR B747 FLC OVERFLEW A SID TURN POINT WHILE DISCUSSING WHICH TRANSITION THE CTLR HAD ASSIGNED. THE DEP CTLR INSTRUCTED THEM TO TURN TO A HEADING TO INTERCEPT.

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WAS CLRED VIA THE FAIRY TRANSITION ON THE PAPAS DEP. THERE IS ALSO A FAIRY ARC TRANSITION. FLEW THE ARC INSTEAD OF TRANSITION. VERY CONFUSING. THE TRANSITION SHOULD HAVE TOTALLY DIFFERENT NAMES. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID THAT HE WAS NEW TO THE B747-200 AND THAT HIS FO; WHO HAD BEEN ON THE ACFT FOR 8 MONTHS; WAS SURE THAT THE CLRNC WAS FOR THE 'FAIRY ARC TRANSITION.' THE CAPT HAD COPIED THE 'FAIRY TRANSITION;' BUT ADMITTED THAT HE HAD DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING THE HEAVILY ACCENTED SPEECH OF THE CLRNC DELIVERY CTLR. THE FO ASSURED HIM THAT THE 'FAIRY' WAS ALWAYS ISSUED AND SINCE THE FO HAD FLOWN THIS ROUTE SEVERAL TIMES RECENTLY THE CAPT DID NOT ARGUE WITH HIM. IN ADDITION TO THE SPEECH PROBLEM; THE PROC AT NRT IS TO NOT GIVE THE CLRNC TO THE FLC UNTIL 5 MINUTES PRIOR TO ENGINE START. THIS REQUIRES THE FLC TO IMMEDIATELY START THEIR CHECKLISTS FOR PUSHBACK AND OTHER FLT PREPARATION WITH NO TIME FOR AN EXTENDED DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DEP ROUTE. FURTHER; THE DEP ROUTE DEPICTION ON THE CHART IS VERY CLUTTERED AND THE TRANSITION NAMES 'FAIRY' AND 'FAIRY ARC' ARE TOO SIMILAR. AS THE FLT APPROACHED THE 'PAPAS' INTERSECTION; THE CAPT SAID THAT HE WAS TOLD BY THE FO; THAT HE WOULD SET UP THE 'ARC.' A DISCUSSION BEGAN ABOUT THE CLRNC AND THEN JUST AS THE CAPT DECIDED TO CALL THE DEP CTLR TO CLARIFY THE SITUATION THE CTLR CALLED THEM. THE CTLR TOLD THEM TO TURN TO THE R AND INTERCEPT THE CVC 179 DEG RADIAL. THE REMAINDER OF THE FLT WAS NORMAL ACCORDING TO THE RPTR.