Air carrier medium large transport track heading deviation during radar vector from dfw.

Attributes
ACN	138454
Time
Date	199003
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 1000 agl bound upper : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : dfw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 4000
ASRS Report	138454
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Aircraft was assigned 360 degree heading after liftoff and to maintain the heading until the MM. At 1000' AGL, the captain began a turn to approximately 300 degrees. At this point the first officer (myself) was retracting flaps and changing to departure frequency. I rechked his (captain's) heading bug which was still set to 360 degrees. At that point I began to ask where he was going when departure control dfw gave us a turn to 010 degrees and asked what our current heading was. At the start of the turn back to 010 degrees our heading had reached 310 degrees. The captain then realized what he had done and began to orally display his disgust with himself. All of the events took place in a 5-10 second time frame. The problem was partially caused by merger related stress and the captain's misinterp of dg information. Solution: stop merger demands on personnel that destroy family lives and pilot's careers so they can concentrate on their work west/O distraction.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG TRACK HEADING DEVIATION DURING RADAR VECTOR FROM DFW.

Narrative: ACFT WAS ASSIGNED 360 DEG HDG AFTER LIFTOFF AND TO MAINTAIN THE HDG UNTIL THE MM. AT 1000' AGL, THE CAPT BEGAN A TURN TO APPROX 300 DEGS. AT THIS POINT THE F/O (MYSELF) WAS RETRACTING FLAPS AND CHANGING TO DEP FREQ. I RECHKED HIS (CAPT'S) HDG BUG WHICH WAS STILL SET TO 360 DEGS. AT THAT POINT I BEGAN TO ASK WHERE HE WAS GOING WHEN DEP CTL DFW GAVE US A TURN TO 010 DEGS AND ASKED WHAT OUR CURRENT HDG WAS. AT THE START OF THE TURN BACK TO 010 DEGS OUR HDG HAD REACHED 310 DEGS. THE CAPT THEN REALIZED WHAT HE HAD DONE AND BEGAN TO ORALLY DISPLAY HIS DISGUST WITH HIMSELF. ALL OF THE EVENTS TOOK PLACE IN A 5-10 SEC TIME FRAME. THE PROB WAS PARTIALLY CAUSED BY MERGER RELATED STRESS AND THE CAPT'S MISINTERP OF DG INFO. SOLUTION: STOP MERGER DEMANDS ON PERSONNEL THAT DESTROY FAMILY LIVES AND PLT'S CAREERS SO THEY CAN CONCENTRATE ON THEIR WORK W/O DISTR.

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.