B757 crew questioned the legality of the company filed flight plan with qit VOR OTS.

Attributes
ACN	417500
Time
Date	199810
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : uio airport : uio
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 9223 msl bound upper : 25000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : uio
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Navigation In Use	Other Other other vortac
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other enroute : direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	417500
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Qit VOR has been OTS. Flight plans show same route as always, filed through qit. In the united states, this is usually not a problem on FMS aircraft, but in south america we have to raw data it below FL250. With this route this is impossible -- especially given the reliability of ascazubi NDB. Today with airborne, we were given right turn direct to ascazubi then direct to a fix well north of qit based off of qit. I am sure that this does not meet the third segment climb criteria since there are no published sids that go north without using qit. I believe we need to immediately check the third segment climb north and west of ascazubi and change our departures as required.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 CREW QUESTIONED THE LEGALITY OF THE COMPANY FILED FLT PLAN WITH QIT VOR OTS.

Narrative: QIT VOR HAS BEEN OTS. FLT PLANS SHOW SAME RTE AS ALWAYS, FILED THROUGH QIT. IN THE UNITED STATES, THIS IS USUALLY NOT A PROB ON FMS ACFT, BUT IN SOUTH AMERICA WE HAVE TO RAW DATA IT BELOW FL250. WITH THIS RTE THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE -- ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE RELIABILITY OF ASCAZUBI NDB. TODAY WITH AIRBORNE, WE WERE GIVEN R TURN DIRECT TO ASCAZUBI THEN DIRECT TO A FIX WELL N OF QIT BASED OFF OF QIT. I AM SURE THAT THIS DOES NOT MEET THE THIRD SEGMENT CLB CRITERIA SINCE THERE ARE NO PUBLISHED SIDS THAT GO N WITHOUT USING QIT. I BELIEVE WE NEED TO IMMEDIATELY CHK THE THIRD SEGMENT CLB N AND W OF ASCAZUBI AND CHANGE OUR DEPS AS REQUIRED.

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.