B737 CAPT FAILS TO COMPLETE FMC CHANGES TO REFLECT REVISED SID AND DEP RWY IN PDC.
Synopsis
B737 CAPT FAILS TO COMPLETE FMC CHANGES TO REFLECT REVISED SID AND DEP RWY IN PDC.
Narrative
I HAD THE EXPECTED RWY 27 LOADED IN THE FMS. I PICKED UP THE PDC AND MY EYES IMMEDIATELY SAW AN UNEXPECTED DEP RWY OF RWY 18C FOR A WESTERLY RNAV DEP. NOT WANTING TO INSERT AN RNAV DEP FOR THE WRONG RWY; I WENT BACK INTO THE FMS BEFORE VERIFYING THE REST OF THE PDC. I WENT INTO THE BOX TO CHANGE RWYS AND VERIFY THE DEP ROUTING AND ALTITUDES FOR THE BLUEGRASS DEP FROM RWY 18C -- THAT'S WHERE I GOT OUT OF MY HABIT PATTERN. THEN; GOT SIDETRACKED WITH ANOTHER ISSUE AND NEVER GOT BACK TO RE-VERIFY THE PDC ROUTING. I FEEL LIKE I KNOW BETTER THAN ANYBODY OF THE PITFALLS OF THIS PDC ISSUE AS I HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH ATC AT MY AIRLINE AND IT STILL BIT ME. I ALWAYS CHECK THE CLRNC BOX ON THE PDC. ALWAYS AND VERBALLY ANNUNCIATE 'CLEARED AS FILED' OR 'REVISED ATC CLRNC.' YET; THIS HUMAN FACTORS ISSUE TRIPPED ME UP. I WILL INCLUDE A VISUAL PDC REVIEW IN MY TAKEOFF BRIEFING TO ADDRESS THE HUMAN FACTORS PORTION OF THE THREAT AND ERROR MANAGEMENT POSSIBILITIES RELATIVE TO PDR'S. I WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE ALIGNMENT OF ATC HOST AND AIRLINE FLT PLANNING SYSTEMS. MANY IF NOT MOST PDR'S ARE ACTUALLY THE SAME RTE AS FILED BY THE COMPANY. BUT; THE PDR'S ARE GENERATED DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN THE FILING SYSTEMS. THIS OPERATIONAL REALITY CAN MINIMIZE THE NECESSARY URGENCY OF A PDR -- BECAUSE IN MOST CASES; THE PDR IS NOT A DIFFERENT RE-ROUTE.
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