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Heading deviation on initial climb. Reporter captain faults air carrier policy of hiring inner company personnel with low pilot experience.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 339190 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199606 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cle |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 500 agl bound upper : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : cle |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : initial |
| Route In Use | departure other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 14500 flight time type : 9500 |
| ASRS Report | 339190 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I was the PNF on our departure from cle. The tower told us to maintain runway heading. The brand new first officer was making the takeoff. He had just completed 100 hours in the aircraft. Upon rotation, the heading started to drift to the right. We ended up 30 degrees off of the runway heading. When we switched over to departure control, he questioned if we were given a heading from the tower. We told him that we were given runway heading. He then gave us a heading to continue on course. Our company has hired people from within the company. Some of these people have very low time and none in any high performance aircraft. Their flying skills aren't very good. So the capts really have to watch them all the time. I don't think the airline should hire these people. There are a lot of highly qualified people on the street.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: HDG DEV ON INITIAL CLB. RPTR CAPT FAULTS ACR POLICY OF HIRING INNER COMPANY PERSONNEL WITH LOW PLT EXPERIENCE.
Narrative: I WAS THE PNF ON OUR DEP FROM CLE. THE TWR TOLD US TO MAINTAIN RWY HDG. THE BRAND NEW FO WAS MAKING THE TKOF. HE HAD JUST COMPLETED 100 HRS IN THE ACFT. UPON ROTATION, THE HDG STARTED TO DRIFT TO THE R. WE ENDED UP 30 DEGS OFF OF THE RWY HDG. WHEN WE SWITCHED OVER TO DEP CTL, HE QUESTIONED IF WE WERE GIVEN A HDG FROM THE TWR. WE TOLD HIM THAT WE WERE GIVEN RWY HDG. HE THEN GAVE US A HDG TO CONTINUE ON COURSE. OUR COMPANY HAS HIRED PEOPLE FROM WITHIN THE COMPANY. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE VERY LOW TIME AND NONE IN ANY HIGH PERFORMANCE ACFT. THEIR FLYING SKILLS AREN'T VERY GOOD. SO THE CAPTS REALLY HAVE TO WATCH THEM ALL THE TIME. I DON'T THINK THE AIRLINE SHOULD HIRE THESE PEOPLE. THERE ARE A LOT OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE ON THE STREET.
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.