Air carrier captain voiced concern regarding multiple NOTAMS covering departure and arrival airports; claiming important information could be easily missed.

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Attributes
ACN	790898
Time
Date	200806
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iad.airport
State Reference	DC
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
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 : 500 flight time total : 12500 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	790898
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	FAA
Primary Problem	FAA

Narrative:

Iad had 33 NOTAMS. Destination had 51 for a total of 84 for a 1.5 hour flight. If something important was in such a list of NOTAMS it could be missed and severely affect safety of the flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR CAPT VOICED CONCERN REGARDING MULTIPLE NOTAMS COVERING DEP AND ARR ARPTS; CLAIMING IMPORTANT INFO COULD BE EASILY MISSED.

Narrative: IAD HAD 33 NOTAMS. DEST HAD 51 FOR A TOTAL OF 84 FOR A 1.5 HR FLT. IF SOMETHING IMPORTANT WAS IN SUCH A LIST OF NOTAMS IT COULD BE MISSED AND SEVERELY AFFECT SAFETY OF THE FLT.

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.