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Old 18th September 2010 | 10:29
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404 Titan
 
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This is pretty straight forward stuff people. I work for a major Asian carrier and this is what our Ops manual states:

Departure and Climb

Departure Tracking

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.

Exceptions - USA, Canada and Australia require that “Runway Heading” be maintained without drift correction.
In other words in Australia, USA and Canada you fly a heading that corresponds to the runway track derived from the relevant Jepp or Dap chart. All the other countries you fly a heading that gives you the required runway track, i.e. allowing for drift.
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