Narrative:

Departing bos on flight XXX, apr/yy/98, from runway 27. We were a few mins late due to a medical emergency on our inbound flight. We accomplished the checklist and requested our pre departure clearance. Both the first officer and I reviewed the pre departure clearance. I thought it a bit unusual that we did not receive a published departure, so I checked the pre departure clearance again. The body of the pre departure clearance said, 'cleared as filed.' 'bos glyde baf J77 sax J80 air CINCE2 cvg.' it was the first officer's leg. We departed runway 27 and flew runway heading. Shortly after takeoff, departure control asked us what heading we were flying. We told him we were on runway heading 272 degrees. He then asked if we had been given the wylyy departure and we said that we had not. He then told us to maintain our heading. After further review of our pre departure clearance I discovered the wylyy one departure down among the footnotes. We both had missed it. The flight continued to cvg uneventful. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: captain said he looked at the pre departure clearance twice. First officer also looked at the pre departure clearance carefully. Both missed a change in the SID because it was not where it was expected to be on the pre departure clearance. Captain states his company has no standardization of pre departure clearance format and each station is different. Company provides the crew no information on where or how pre departure clearance's are issued.

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Title: MD88 CREW RECEIVED PDC FROM ACARS DATALINK COCKPIT PRINTER. CLRNC CAME IN A NON STANDARD FORMAT. CREW MISSED A CHANGE IN THE DEP SID.

Narrative: DEPARTING BOS ON FLT XXX, APR/YY/98, FROM RWY 27. WE WERE A FEW MINS LATE DUE TO A MEDICAL EMER ON OUR INBOUND FLT. WE ACCOMPLISHED THE CHKLIST AND REQUESTED OUR PDC. BOTH THE FO AND I REVIEWED THE PDC. I THOUGHT IT A BIT UNUSUAL THAT WE DID NOT RECEIVE A PUBLISHED DEP, SO I CHKED THE PDC AGAIN. THE BODY OF THE PDC SAID, 'CLRED AS FILED.' 'BOS GLYDE BAF J77 SAX J80 AIR CINCE2 CVG.' IT WAS THE FO'S LEG. WE DEPARTED RWY 27 AND FLEW RWY HEADING. SHORTLY AFTER TKOF, DEP CTL ASKED US WHAT HEADING WE WERE FLYING. WE TOLD HIM WE WERE ON RWY HDG 272 DEGS. HE THEN ASKED IF WE HAD BEEN GIVEN THE WYLYY DEP AND WE SAID THAT WE HAD NOT. HE THEN TOLD US TO MAINTAIN OUR HEADING. AFTER FURTHER REVIEW OF OUR PDC I DISCOVERED THE WYLYY ONE DEP DOWN AMONG THE FOOTNOTES. WE BOTH HAD MISSED IT. THE FLT CONTINUED TO CVG UNEVENTFUL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: CAPT SAID HE LOOKED AT THE PDC TWICE. FO ALSO LOOKED AT THE PDC CAREFULLY. BOTH MISSED A CHANGE IN THE SID BECAUSE IT WAS NOT WHERE IT WAS EXPECTED TO BE ON THE PDC. CAPT STATES HIS COMPANY HAS NO STANDARDIZATION OF PDC FORMAT AND EACH STATION IS DIFFERENT. COMPANY PROVIDES THE CREW NO INFO ON WHERE OR HOW PDC'S ARE ISSUED.

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.