Narrative:

On arrival we parked at gate and noticed on acars gate information that we were to take this same aircraft out in the morning. The next morning the gate agent and I discussed how to get as many passengers on as possible. Gate agent handed me release with letter stapled to the top of it. Letter discussed APU usage and ground air at the airport and how to avoid unwarranted APU usage. I then proceeded to aircraft. Flight attendant said cabin was hot. I check cabin temp and they were at 88 degrees. I elected to start the APU for passenger comfort. First officer performed walk around and returned to the flight deck. He stated that gate agent asked him why we were using the APU and handed him same letter I received. First officer stated that on arrival to aircraft it was hot in cabin. Further ramp agent stated to first officer he should go to ramp to discuss hooking up ground air; however my first officer had other duties to attend to. Gate agent was anxious to depart early. Flight attendant's were also ready and asked if we could close. We closed and departed. En route at approximately two hours airborne I looked for logbook and could not find it. I remember seeing it when we deplaned. I also thought I saw it when I first walked on aircraft in the morning for our flight. I sent an ACARS message to my dispatcher and confirmed logbook was at our departure airport. He stated a new logbook would be at our arrival airport for our flight.effort by station to depart early in addition the issue of APU usage by the station agent to both myself and first officer caused distractions. In addition this four day trip had other factors. On day one we had an engine issue that required a diversion and landing single engine. On one leg our first flight attendant was written up for serving pre departure drinks to first class and the gate said she held up boarding. Additionally we left an hour late which caused a shorter layover with a very early wake up body clock time. On the before start check where it has 'logbook---c---onboard' if it also included ---v--- for verify by the first officer this would add another barrier to prevent leaving without the log book.

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Title: A320 Captain departed without the aircraft logbook on board. He detailed multiple distractions as the cause.

Narrative: On arrival we parked at gate and noticed on ACARs gate information that we were to take this same aircraft out in the morning. The next morning the Gate Agent and I discussed how to get as many passengers on as possible. Gate Agent handed me release with letter stapled to the top of it. Letter discussed APU usage and ground air at the airport and how to avoid unwarranted APU usage. I then proceeded to aircraft. Flight Attendant said cabin was hot. I check cabin temp and they were at 88 degrees. I elected to start the APU for passenger comfort. First Officer performed walk around and returned to the flight deck. He stated that Gate Agent asked him why we were using the APU and handed him same letter I received. First Officer stated that on arrival to aircraft it was hot in cabin. Further Ramp Agent stated to First Officer he should go to ramp to discuss hooking up ground air; however my First Officer had other duties to attend to. Gate agent was anxious to depart early. Flight Attendant's were also ready and asked if we could close. We closed and departed. En route at approximately two hours airborne I looked for logbook and could not find it. I remember seeing it when we deplaned. I also thought I saw it when I first walked on aircraft in the morning for our flight. I sent an ACARS message to my Dispatcher and confirmed logbook was at our departure airport. He stated a new logbook would be at our arrival airport for our flight.Effort by station to depart early in addition the issue of APU usage by the station agent to both myself and First Officer caused distractions. In addition this four day trip had other factors. On day one we had an engine issue that required a diversion and landing single engine. On one leg our first Flight Attendant was written up for serving pre departure drinks to first class and the gate said she held up boarding. Additionally we left an hour late which caused a shorter layover with a very early wake up body clock time. On the before start check where it has 'logbook---c---onboard' if it also included ---v--- for verify by the First Officer this would add another barrier to prevent leaving without the log book.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.