Widebody; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Type 780
Communication Breakdown
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; General Release Refused / Aircraft Not Accepted
Equipment / Tooling
Our PDC and the accompanying Uplink to the FMC did not match what ATC expected us to do after takeoff. As the attachments show; the FMC Uplink incorrectly loaded DIR SWANN DIR BROSS. The PDC even emphasized with + symbols to '+LOAD NEW ROUTE TO RBV+'; then as filed after RBV. Since loading the 'NEW' route was empathized; they clearly did not want us to fly the filed route to RBV which was the JCOBY3.SWANN transition. Knowing that this PDC system is dangerously misleading; we got voice confirmation to fly the JCOBY3.SWANN; to disregard the FMC Uplink error and the incorrect; highly emphasized; portion of the PDC. This ongoing threat would likely have flown us close to or over prohibited areas of the capitol had we followed the clearance and executed the uplinked route. Every preflight already has plenty of distractions and interruptions without this ongoing; unnecessary threat to safety.
Air carrier Captain reported PDC uplink to aircraft FMC was incorrect based on route required by ATC. Problem was reported as ongoing at this location.