Flight attendant pre takeoff briefing not accomplished prior to takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	260682
Time
Date	199401
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sna
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : bur
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	260682
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On taxi out the flight attendants didn't do the pre takeoff briefing for the passenger. When informed of this fact, the captain, who was in a hurry to get to den to catch his commuting flight, decided to go anyway. The flight attendants did the briefing shortly after takeoff. Not stopping and doing the briefing on the ground was a mistake as the captain later admitted.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT PRE TKOF BRIEFING NOT ACCOMPLISHED PRIOR TO TKOF.

Narrative: ON TAXI OUT THE FLT ATTENDANTS DIDN'T DO THE PRE TKOF BRIEFING FOR THE PAX. WHEN INFORMED OF THIS FACT, THE CAPT, WHO WAS IN A HURRY TO GET TO DEN TO CATCH HIS COMMUTING FLT, DECIDED TO GO ANYWAY. THE FLT ATTENDANTS DID THE BRIEFING SHORTLY AFTER TKOF. NOT STOPPING AND DOING THE BRIEFING ON THE GND WAS A MISTAKE AS THE CAPT LATER ADMITTED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.