B757-200 captain reports his pre departure clearance airways clearance was completely different from...

Narrative:

While reviewing the pre departure clearance before departure; we noticed that the pre departure clearance filed route and our flight plan filed route did not agree at all...they were completely different; however; the pre departure clearance revision section stated 'none'. We contacted clearance delivery; and they stated that the routing on the pre departure clearance was correct. In then talking with dispatch; he stated that our current release 2 was in place due to the new route; apparently requested by a downline ARTCC due to weather. He refiled the new route (the release two route) for a second time; and we then received the correct full route clearance from clearance delivery after a few minutes. We blocked out normally and flew the release two routing as expected. I don't believe I had ever seen a pre departure clearance route and the filed route disagree before that flight. With a pre departure clearance revision section that says 'none'. This can be a subtle trap.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757-200 Captain reports his PDC airways clearance was completely different from the route they had filed yet the revised portion of the PDC stated 'none'.

Narrative: While reviewing the PDC before departure; we noticed that the PDC filed route and our flight plan filed route did not agree at all...they were completely different; however; the PDC revision section stated 'NONE'. We contacted Clearance Delivery; and they stated that the routing on the PDC was correct. In then talking with Dispatch; he stated that our current release 2 was in place due to the new route; apparently requested by a downline ARTCC due to weather. He refiled the new route (the release two route) for a second time; and we then received the correct full route clearance from Clearance Delivery after a few minutes. We blocked out normally and flew the release two routing as expected. I don't believe I had ever seen a PDC route and the filed route disagree before that flight. With a PDC revision section that says 'NONE'. This can be a subtle trap.

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.

Attributes
ACN	848081
Time
Date	200908
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	BOS.Airport
State Reference	MA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Person 1
Function	Captain Check Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 65 Flight Crew Total 10500 Flight Crew Type 625
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types

B757-200 captain reports his pre departure clearance airways clearance was completely different from the route they had filed yet the revised portion of the pre departure clearance stated 'none'.