Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Confusion; Communication Breakdown
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance
Procedure
I took over R5 from a developmental when I was giving OJT because it was getting too complex and I needed to clear up 3 opposite direction conflicts. My trainee had given ACR X DIRECT UJGEM and the aircraft read it back. When I took over; I reiterated direct UJGEM. It did not look like he was going as South as he should have. I thought he read back UJGEM. As a few minutes went by and he looked like he was going direct to the KOA airport; I said;'you're not going direct UJGEM are you?' and gave him a turn to the South. He later told me that he was going direct to YUCUV which doesn't even sound the same. I don't know any controllers that use YUCUV. The crazy names are causing a hazard! We need to get better names that mean something. Recommendation; make names that mean something and not just 5 random letters together; this is not the first time I have seen this happen.
HCF Controller expressed concern regarding confusing fix names and how they can be easily misinterpreted by flight crews.