Narrative:

Departing runway 22R at ewr executing arthur kill 1 SID (new procedure). After rolling out on the 250 degree heading and expecting radar vectors to parke intersection, departure control asked if we were going to intercept the 100 degree radial into sbj VOR. Then cleared direct to sbj from slightly south of course. No conflict with any traffic. Upon further examination of SID, parke intersection departures are to intercept 100 degree radial into sbj. This is buried in the text and hard to extract. All other routing and altitude clrncs are expected and pictorial is misleading.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 SUPER 80 FAILED TO INTERCEPT THE SBJ 100 DEG RADIAL WHILE FLYING THE ARTHUR KILL SID OUT OF EWR. RPTR SAYS THE CHART OF THIS NEW SID IS COMPLEX AND HARD TO READ. A LATER REVISION MAKES IT MUCH CLRER THAT THE RADIAL IS TO BE INTERCEPTED.

Narrative: DEPARTING RWY 22R AT EWR EXECUTING ARTHUR KILL 1 SID (NEW PROC). AFTER ROLLING OUT ON THE 250 DEG HDG AND EXPECTING RADAR VECTORS TO PARKE INTXN, DEP CTL ASKED IF WE WERE GOING TO INTERCEPT THE 100 DEG RADIAL INTO SBJ VOR. THEN CLRED DIRECT TO SBJ FROM SLIGHTLY S OF COURSE. NO CONFLICT WITH ANY TFC. UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION OF SID, PARKE INTXN DEPS ARE TO INTERCEPT 100 DEG RADIAL INTO SBJ. THIS IS BURIED IN THE TEXT AND HARD TO EXTRACT. ALL OTHER ROUTING AND ALT CLRNCS ARE EXPECTED AND PICTORIAL IS MISLEADING.

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.