Narrative:

Flying the rome 8 arrival into atlanta, I intercepted the bowling green 148 degrees radial (instead of the bwg 175 degrees radial). I noticed my mistake several mins later about the same time center questioned us about our heading. Cause: lack of crew position awareness. Also, on a lot of STAR's and on the rome 8 there is a lot of data which is not important to the arrs, it simply fills empty space. On the rome 8 arrival, the bwg arrival is halfway off the page like VOR's which are not important to the arrival. I flew over the bwg VOR but intercepted the 148 degree radial (which was nashville's arrival). Suggestion: get rid of data on arrs which is not important to arrs. VOR's which are important should be totally on the page not halfway off.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF MLG INTERCEPTED THE WRONG RADIAL ON A STAR ARR CAUSING ATC CTLR TO INTERVENE.

Narrative: FLYING THE ROME 8 ARR INTO ATLANTA, I INTERCEPTED THE BOWLING GREEN 148 DEGS RADIAL (INSTEAD OF THE BWG 175 DEGS RADIAL). I NOTICED MY MISTAKE SEVERAL MINS LATER ABOUT THE SAME TIME CTR QUESTIONED US ABOUT OUR HDG. CAUSE: LACK OF CREW POS AWARENESS. ALSO, ON A LOT OF STAR'S AND ON THE ROME 8 THERE IS A LOT OF DATA WHICH IS NOT IMPORTANT TO THE ARRS, IT SIMPLY FILLS EMPTY SPACE. ON THE ROME 8 ARR, THE BWG ARR IS HALFWAY OFF THE PAGE LIKE VOR'S WHICH ARE NOT IMPORTANT TO THE ARR. I FLEW OVER THE BWG VOR BUT INTERCEPTED THE 148 DEG RADIAL (WHICH WAS NASHVILLE'S ARR). SUGGESTION: GET RID OF DATA ON ARRS WHICH IS NOT IMPORTANT TO ARRS. VOR'S WHICH ARE IMPORTANT SHOULD BE TOTALLY ON THE PAGE NOT HALFWAY OFF.

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.