E145 crew concerned about controller's remark during climb in dca airspace.

Attributes
ACN	431060
Time
Date	199903
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dca.airport
State Reference	DC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dca.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Embraer Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4300 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	431060
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
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Departing dca, our clearance was radar vectors to paleo intersection, as filed. Dca departure procedure (prohibited area P56 avoidance procedures) notes both northwest and northeast departures. Both paleo and our destination airport, ewr, are to the northeast of dca, therefore we planned and executed a right turn and successfully avoided P56. The tower controller directed us to 'expedite' our turn, and nothing more was said.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: E145 CREW CONCERNED ABOUT CTLR'S REMARK DURING CLB IN DCA AIRSPACE.

Narrative: DEPARTING DCA, OUR CLRNC WAS RADAR VECTORS TO PALEO INTXN, AS FILED. DCA DEP PROC (PROHIBITED AREA P56 AVOIDANCE PROCS) NOTES BOTH NW AND NE DEPS. BOTH PALEO AND OUR DEST ARPT, EWR, ARE TO THE NE OF DCA, THEREFORE WE PLANNED AND EXECUTED A R TURN AND SUCCESSFULLY AVOIDED P56. THE TWR CTLR DIRECTED US TO 'EXPEDITE' OUR TURN, AND NOTHING MORE WAS SAID.

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.