An air carrier B757 flight crew departed an airport using improper VFR procedure.

Attributes
ACN	431781
Time
Date	199903
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ege.airport
State Reference	CO
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
ASRS Report	431781
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : multi engine
ASRS Report	431780
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Departed ege VFR to avoid additional delays as we were already in line waiting for takeoff for more than 30 mins. Picked up IFR clearance with ZDV 30 mi east of ege at 17500 ft. Upon rereading operations bulletin for ege, I don't think we followed the procedure correctly. It states to do 1200 ft and pick up IFR in the air with ZDV.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR B757 FLC DEPARTED AN ARPT USING IMPROPER VFR PROC.

Narrative: DEPARTED EGE VFR TO AVOID ADDITIONAL DELAYS AS WE WERE ALREADY IN LINE WAITING FOR TKOF FOR MORE THAN 30 MINS. PICKED UP IFR CLRNC WITH ZDV 30 MI E OF EGE AT 17500 FT. UPON REREADING OPS BULLETIN FOR EGE, I DON'T THINK WE FOLLOWED THE PROC CORRECTLY. IT STATES TO DO 1200 FT AND PICK UP IFR IN THE AIR WITH ZDV.

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.