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B737 captain reported company documentation errors regarding notams; release; weather; and flight plan.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1687348 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201909 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 157 Flight Crew Total 1857 Flight Crew Type 1857 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I haven't been to position in quite a while; so I spent some time perusing the multitude of notams on the release packet. After wading through the long list of hurricane recovery notams for the bahamas; I happened to notice at the svzm notams contained very explicit notices about venezuela airspace being closed to [company] aircraft....'no exceptions.' that was on the first leg of the first trip. Since that flight; I have only seen a dispatcher add the svzm notams one other time; on my 3rd and final outbound leg.additionally; the company prohibition is buried a ways down from the NOTAM that says flight 'below FL260 is prohibited.' reading the first NOTAM might lead one to believe we could fly through the fir as long as we are above FL250.I have pointed this out to my first officers; all of whom are position regulars. None of them were aware of it. I have tried to pull those notams up on my own on legs without them included. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong in [dispatch computer system]; but I can't get them to appear.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 Captain reported company documentation errors regarding NOTAMs; release; weather; and flight plan.
Narrative: I haven't been to POS in quite a while; so I spent some time perusing the multitude of NOTAMs on the release packet. After wading through the long list of hurricane recovery NOTAMs for the Bahamas; I happened to notice at the SVZM NOTAMs contained very explicit notices about Venezuela airspace being closed to [Company] aircraft....'NO EXCEPTIONS.' That was on the first leg of the first trip. Since that flight; I have only seen a dispatcher add the SVZM NOTAMs one other time; on my 3rd and final outbound leg.Additionally; the company prohibition is buried a ways down from the NOTAM that says flight 'below FL260 is prohibited.' Reading the first NOTAM might lead one to believe we could fly through the FIR as long as we are above FL250.I have pointed this out to my First Officers; all of whom are POS regulars. None of them were aware of it. I have tried to pull those NOTAMs up on my own on legs without them included. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong in [Dispatch Computer System]; but I can't get them to appear.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.