DC9 crew was not given a departure turn by the tower as expected by the departure controller.

Attributes
ACN	529083
Time
Date	200111
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl.airport
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl single value : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : atl.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 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 : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1800
ASRS Report	529083
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time total : 3000
ASRS Report	529082
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment : tcas other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance controller : issued alert none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Inter Facility Coordination Failure other

Narrative:

Tower cleared us for takeoff on runway 8R in atl. There was no turn given with the takeoff clearance. We maintained runway heading until switching to departure. Departure turned us immediately to a 020 degree heading, telling us that we should've been given a turn by tower, so as not to conflict with 'straight out' traffic taking off from runway 9L. We had the traffic from runway 9L in sight at all times. There was no conflict, either visually or on TCASII.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC9 CREW WAS NOT GIVEN A DEP TURN BY THE TWR AS EXPECTED BY THE DEP CTLR.

Narrative: TWR CLRED US FOR TKOF ON RWY 8R IN ATL. THERE WAS NO TURN GIVEN WITH THE TKOF CLRNC. WE MAINTAINED RWY HDG UNTIL SWITCHING TO DEP. DEP TURNED US IMMEDIATELY TO A 020 DEG HDG, TELLING US THAT WE SHOULD'VE BEEN GIVEN A TURN BY TWR, SO AS NOT TO CONFLICT WITH 'STRAIGHT OUT' TFC TAKING OFF FROM RWY 9L. WE HAD THE TFC FROM RWY 9L IN SIGHT AT ALL TIMES. THERE WAS NO CONFLICT, EITHER VISUALLY OR ON TCASII.

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.