Narrative:

I was working sector X and received the hand off from sector Y on the B737 which was tracking towards the [abc VOR] however route had over [def VOR] for military active airspace. The aircraft had departed with a dta change and an full route clearance (frc) reroute due to military airspace which was correct in the computer. When the B737 checked on the frequency; I verified his clearance and he said he was cleared to [his destination] via [abc VOR]. It must have been at least 2 to 3 radar controllers who worked that aircraft before he was given to me and did not realize his wrong clearance. Also the whole time the aircraft was flashing to me it was tracking towards the [abc VOR] and the sector Y controller never noticed he was given a different route that the one he should have had from the computer for weather and military activity. It is alarming and disgusting how procedures and rules implementation has been lacking in this facility. The fact that several people (including d-sides) did not notice the aircraft tracking the wrong way is scary. Overall the FAA has turned into a relax training environment and therefore now we have many new controllers that do not know how to separate traffic and or just do a poor job when it comes to coordination since no one can get in trouble anymore; or so the belief is. I have found out instances of almost mid air collisions that nothing seems to be done to retrain the controller in order to improve and for the situation not to happen again. Also there are many distractions that go on in the control room everyday. Most people think we are here to talk about our personal business and weekend stories other than listening to readback errors. Furthermore; I believe management picks and chooses who they want to reprimand when it comes to an error. I have seen senior controllers make mistakes and brush it off as ' no harm no foul ' but supervisors are afraid on coming down on them since they are seniors. I believe the rules should apply to everyone and that they must perform at a certain level in order to maintain their job. The FAA needs to get back to basics and retrain the whole workforce to understand the important nature of our jobs since we are not only the workers but the users of the systems and those 'targets' in our radar scopes are airplanes full of people.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Enroute Controller described an incorrect routing event expressing concern regarding the current 'state of ATC' with regard to controller performance and management oversight.

Narrative: I was working Sector X and received the hand off from Sector Y on the B737 which was tracking towards the [ABC VOR] however route had over [DEF VOR] for military active airspace. The aircraft had departed with a DTA change and an Full Route Clearance (FRC) reroute due to military airspace which was correct in the computer. When the B737 checked on the frequency; I verified his clearance and he said he was cleared to [his destination] via [ABC VOR]. It must have been at least 2 to 3 RADAR controllers who worked that aircraft before he was given to me and did not realize his wrong clearance. Also the whole time the aircraft was flashing to me it was tracking towards the [ABC VOR] and the Sector Y Controller never noticed he was given a different route that the one he should have had from the computer for weather and military activity. It is alarming and disgusting how procedures and rules implementation has been lacking in this facility. The fact that several people (including D-Sides) did not notice the aircraft tracking the wrong way is scary. Overall the FAA has turned into a relax training environment and therefore now we have many new controllers that do not know how to separate traffic and or just do a poor job when it comes to coordination since no one can get in trouble anymore; or so the belief is. I have found out instances of almost mid air collisions that nothing seems to be done to retrain the controller in order to improve and for the situation not to happen again. Also there are many distractions that go on in the control room everyday. Most people think we are here to talk about our personal business and weekend stories other than listening to readback errors. Furthermore; I believe management picks and chooses who they want to reprimand when it comes to an error. I have seen senior controllers make mistakes and brush it off as ' no harm no foul ' but supervisors are afraid on coming down on them since they are seniors. I believe the rules should apply to everyone and that they must perform at a certain level in order to maintain their job. The FAA needs to get back to basics and retrain the whole workforce to understand the important nature of our jobs since we are not only the workers but the users of the systems and those 'targets' in our RADAR scopes are airplanes full of people.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.