B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Other / Unknown
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
ATC Equipment / Nav Facility / Buildings; Procedure
A B737 was at 110. His Data Block had a trailing R; which is supposed to indicate the aircraft is on an RNAV SID; in this case the CEEME1 Arrival. This aircraft was supposed to be on the FERNANDO5 Arrival; due to an equipment issue with their fleet. When I inquired as to which arrival the B737 was on; the pilot replied the FERNANDO5 and that they were issued 'a screwed up routing to get there'. I reported the anomaly to my FLM; who contacted ZLA. The response was 'The B737 cannot get rid of the trailing R and ZLA will not remove it either. The SCT Controllers will need to verify that the B737 aircraft have the appropriate arrival. A bad situation gets worse with the CEEME1 Arrival. We now have aircraft tagged with one arrival; but on another arrival; but we also need to verify which arrival they actually are on. Turn off the CEEME1 arrival completely until it cannot be fixed. It is a safety hazard in its current form. Tag aircraft that are on a non-RNAV SID appropriately.
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SCT Controller described a route discrepancy and incorrect Data Block information associated with one company that is causing this anomaly.