B737-700 flight crew misinterprets pre departure clearance clearance content.

Attributes
ACN	781295
Time
Date	200804
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 188 flight time type : 20000
ASRS Report	781295
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

First officer misread the pre departure clearance. We miscommunicated about the actual clearance. Better coordination between pilots. Better verbiage in pre departure clearance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-700 FLT CREW MISINTERPRETS PDC CLRNC CONTENT.

Narrative: FO MISREAD THE PDC. WE MISCOMMUNICATED ABOUT THE ACTUAL CLRNC. BETTER COORD BTWN PLTS. BETTER VERBIAGE IN PDC.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.