Air carrier flight crew reported forgetting to turn off APU and later exceeding the APU ceiling.

Attributes
ACN	1746089
Time
Date	202006
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Indicating and Warning - APU
Person 1
Function	Captain
Person 2
Function	First Officer
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

This was my first time flying the airplane in 75 days. I did have sim 30 days ago. The first officer hadn't flown in a couple weeks I believe. The airplane was full to capacity of xx pax. There was an issue with being able to take everyone before we left. Also there was a maintenance issue that was signed off but needed clarifying. Overall it was a smooth on time departure. During climb out above 10;000 we were discussing covid and the new procedures. The APU altitude exceed message came up. We ran the QRH it went away and continued the rest of the flight without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier flight crew reported forgetting to turn off APU and later exceeding the APU ceiling.

Narrative: This was my first time flying the airplane in 75 days. I did have sim 30 days ago. The FO hadn't flown in a couple weeks I believe. The airplane was full to capacity of XX pax. There was an issue with being able to take everyone before we left. Also there was a maintenance issue that was signed off but needed clarifying. Overall it was a smooth on time departure. During climb out above 10;000 we were discussing COVID and the new procedures. The APU altitude exceed message came up. We ran the QRH it went away and continued the rest of the flight without incident.

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