Originally Posted by
SMOC
Our company manual has the following:
If a SID or Departure Clearance specifies ‘Maintain Runway Heading’ it is implied that a drift correction will be applied in order to maintain the runway track.
I don't see how this can possibly be correct. If it really says that, I think your company manual is wrong.
Heading is heading and track is track; they are quite separate. Except when there is no crosswind component, they will always be different.
JD
