B737 flight crew reports being informed they are off track on the fissk 2 RNAV to mdw due to not bei...

Narrative:

After checking in with chicago approach; the supervisor asked us what arrival we were on and we stated fissk two. Then asked us about our transition and if we were familiar with the fissk NOTAM. We were not so we re-reviewed (briefly since we were on approach) the weather pack and discovered the fdc NOTAM on page 5. We were flying the charted procedure of halie intersection then 292 track to hills. The NOTAM buried on page 5 is 270 track to cgt then 335 heading. Cgt is not even depicted on the chart! I didn't really carry on the conversation with ATC since we were concerned with flying the approach and all of my responses were very brief. It was not the time or place to be discussing our error. We proceeded to land uneventfully. After landing; I called dispatch to let them know about our issue; so they could warn other fissk arrivals. Bottom line; I missed the fdc NOTAM. We had a MEL issue. The weather had been bad the previous two days and today was an absolutely beautiful day causing me to lower my guard. I learned my lesson. If this NOTAM has been around for a while the chart needs to be changed or eliminated! Developing procedures and then modifying them for long periods of time is asking for safety issues! We should not be filed on this arrival until it is corrected. This should have been on the cover page of the weather pack and even on the ATIS.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew reports being informed they are off track on the FISSK 2 RNAV to MDW due to not being aware of a NOTAM modification to the procedure.

Narrative: After checking in with Chicago Approach; the Supervisor asked us what arrival we were on and we stated FISSK Two. Then asked us about our transition and if we were familiar with the FISSK NOTAM. We were not so we re-reviewed (briefly since we were on approach) the weather pack and discovered the FDC NOTAM on Page 5. We were flying the charted procedure of HALIE Intersection then 292 track to HILLS. The NOTAM buried on Page 5 is 270 track to CGT then 335 heading. CGT is not even depicted on the chart! I didn't really carry on the conversation with ATC since we were concerned with flying the approach and all of my responses were very brief. It was not the time or place to be discussing our error. We proceeded to land uneventfully. After landing; I called Dispatch to let them know about our issue; so they could warn other FISSK arrivals. Bottom line; I missed the FDC NOTAM. We had a MEL issue. The weather had been bad the previous two days and today was an absolutely beautiful day causing me to lower my guard. I learned my lesson. If this NOTAM has been around for a while the chart needs to be changed or eliminated! Developing procedures and then modifying them for long periods of time is asking for safety issues! We should not be filed on this arrival until it is corrected. This should have been on the cover page of the weather pack and even on the ATIS.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1117389
Time
Date	201309
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	MDW.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 156
Person 2
Function	First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 187
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

B737 flight crew reports being informed they are off track on the fissk 2 RNAV to mdw due to not being aware of a NOTAM modification to the procedure.