OPERATIONAL DEVIATION. DELIVERY GAVE CLRNC AS FILED WHICH DID NOT INCLUDE VOR FLT WAS TO PROCEED OVER BEFORE PROCEED AS FILED.

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'CLRED AS FILED' MAINTAIN 2000' EXPECT 170/IN/10 MIN DEP 124.9 A XXXX AS FILED WAS COLUMBIA; SC; DIRECT (ESI) DIRECT. HARRISBURG DIRECT E TEXAS DIRECT (ABE) AFTER TKOF DEP PUT US ON A 70 DEG HDG AND HANDED US OFF TO JAX CENTER. JAX CENTER THEN CLRED US 'CLRED ON COURSE DIRECT SAND HILLS VOR.' I QUESTIONED THE ROUTING CHANGE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CLRNC HE HAD ON US FROM CAE WAS DIRECT SAND HILLS ECT. HAD THE CTLR (JAX) NOT INCLUDED SAND HILLS AFTER CLRED ON COURSE; WE WOULD HAVE HEADED FOR KESSEL VOR WITH POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF TFC. LATER TALKING WITH COLUMBIA TWR BY TELEPHONE; THEY APOLOGIZED FOR THE MISTAKE AND SAID CLRNC DELIVERY SHOULD HAVE GIVEN US 'CLRED TO SAND HILLS THEN AS FILED.' IN THIS CASE THE MISTAKE WAS CAUGHT BEFORE CONFLICT. MANY TIMES I AM FINDING THAT WHEN 'CLRED ON COURSE' OR 'CLRED AS FILED' ARE GIVEN; THE CTLR HAS DIFFERENT ROUTING THAN WE HAVE. I AM CURRENTLY DEFENDING MY ACTIONS AND PLTS LICENSE BECAUSE OF A PRIOR INSTANCE WHEN I WAS 'CLRED ON COURSE' AND RANG THE BELLS WHEN I GOT WITHIN 4.8 MI OF ANOTHER ACFT. CENTER DID NOT HAVE THE ROUTING CHANGE WE WERE GIVEN BY THE PRIOR CTLR. LET'S ELIMINATE 'CLRED AS FILED' AND 'CLRED ON COURSE' UNTIL WE CAN BE SURE BOTH OF US KNOW WHAT THAT IS.