Air carrier dispatcher reported they were unhappy with a flight crew that accepted a direct vector t...

Narrative:

The flight crew accepted a direct routing to vhp causing them to deviate more than 100nm off of flight planned route. I sent 2 or 3 acars advising them of this and I received no response from the flight crew. I elected not to pursue this any further and instead submit this as soon as possible report as not only a company policy was violated but joint operational control was also compromised. Flight crews need to stop taking massive direct legs without prior coordination with [operations]. The fom verbiage is extremely dated. With these transcon legs and winter winds; it is even more important for the crew to discuss possible directs with [operations] prior to accepting them so they do not get into a fuel starvation event. Better discipline on the crews and a cultural change within flight management. Pilots should not be allowed to do whatever they please.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Dispatcher reported they were unhappy with a flight crew that accepted a direct vector that took them off the wind-optimized flight plan routing.

Narrative: The flight crew accepted a direct routing to VHP causing them to deviate more than 100nm off of flight planned route. I sent 2 or 3 ACARs advising them of this and I received no response from the flight crew. I elected not to pursue this any further and instead submit this ASAP report as not only a company policy was violated but joint operational control was also compromised. Flight crews need to stop taking massive direct legs without prior coordination with [Operations]. The FOM verbiage is extremely dated. With these transcon legs and winter winds; it is even more important for the crew to discuss possible directs with [Operations] prior to accepting them so they do not get into a fuel starvation event. Better discipline on the crews and a cultural change within flight management. Pilots should not be allowed to do whatever they please.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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	1317568
Time
Date	201512
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Dispatcher
Qualification	Dispatch Dispatcher
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Air carrier dispatcher reported they were unhappy with a flight crew that accepted a direct vector that took them off the wind-optimized flight plan routing.