Reporter indicates SID at dtw is unnecessarily complicated.

Attributes
ACN	137822
Time
Date	199002
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dtw
State Reference	MI
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 250
ASRS Report	137822
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Chart Or Publication
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Publication	Unspecified

Narrative:

The current SID procedures in effect at detroit are unnecessarily complicated and tend to keep pilot's eyes in cockpit while operating in heavy traffic areas below 10000'.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: REPORTER INDICATES SID AT DTW IS UNNECESSARILY COMPLICATED.

Narrative: THE CURRENT SID PROCS IN EFFECT AT DETROIT ARE UNNECESSARILY COMPLICATED AND TEND TO KEEP PLT'S EYES IN COCKPIT WHILE OPERATING IN HEAVY TFC AREAS BELOW 10000'.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.