The maier published arrival called for a different heading after belly than the FMC data; the flight...

Attributes
ACN	837659
Time
Date	200905
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	PHX.Airport
State Reference	AZ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	STAR MAIER
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	FMS/FMC
Person 1
Function	Captain
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 207
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Upon briefing our arrival procedure (maier arrival into phx) we discovered that the vector after the last fix on the arrival on the commercial chart plate was a heading of 093 degrees. The FMC generated vector on the CDU display was 079 degrees. No discrepancies/deviations occurred because we were vectored off the arrival before reaching that point in the arrival. Our plan if we actually got to that heading was to query approach control as to the heading that they really wanted; expecting them to say 093 as published. Discrepancy reported to company safety. The good news is that our new automation briefing procedures of one pilot reading the approach plate while the other pilot checks the route for accuracy paid off.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The MAIER published arrival called for a different heading after BELLY than the FMC data; the flight crew was vectored prior to BELLY.

Narrative: Upon briefing our arrival procedure (MAIER Arrival into PHX) we discovered that the vector after the last fix on the arrival on the commercial chart plate was a heading of 093 degrees. The FMC generated vector on the CDU display was 079 degrees. No discrepancies/deviations occurred because we were vectored off the arrival before reaching that point in the arrival. Our plan if we actually got to that heading was to query Approach Control as to the heading that they really wanted; expecting them to say 093 as published. Discrepancy reported to Company Safety. The good news is that our new automation briefing procedures of one Pilot reading the approach plate while the other Pilot checks the route for accuracy paid off.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

The maier published arrival called for a different heading after belly than the FMC data; the flight crew was vectored prior to belly.