A321
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Confusion; Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance
Flight Crew Became Reoriented; Flight Crew Returned To Clearance
Human Factors; Procedure
Still don't like that the filed route is printed on the PDC. If only the cleared plan was printed it would prevent many errors. If Tower cleared [us] for takeoff with a via or first fix; it would have clued us in.
Duplicate report.
A321 Captain reported a track deviation occurred when the crew failed to notice a routing change in the PDC. Reporter stated it would help if the PDC displayed only the cleared route and not the filed route.