B737-800 captain reports not detecting a SID change in the pre departure clearance; resulting in a t...

Attributes
ACN	1211833
Time
Date	201410
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	PHX.Airport
State Reference	AZ
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	SID LALUX 1
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

We missed the revised segment on our pre departure clearance giving us a different RNAV departure. Loaded and flew the fthls 1 rnav departure but our pre departure clearance revised us to the lalux 1 which has initial turn to northwest instead of southwest from a 25R departure. No excuse but we got talking about the edct time and how the pre departure clearance had the words 'wheels in the well' on it. Again; no excuse. It was right there in front of us; plain as day. I can't believe we missed it. ATC saw us heading southwest and vectored us back to the northwest. There was no other traffic involved or close by. From now on I will actually hold the pdc in my hand while doing the legs verification check just like I do the flight plan as a reminder to look at it more closely.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-800 Captain reports not detecting a SID change in the PDC; resulting in a track deviation on departure. ATC quickly detects and corrects the error.

Narrative: We missed the revised segment on our PDC giving us a different RNAV departure. Loaded and flew the FTHLS 1 rnav departure but our PDC revised us to the LALUX 1 which has initial turn to northwest instead of southwest from a 25R departure. No excuse but we got talking about the EDCT time and how the PDC had the words 'wheels in the well' on it. Again; no excuse. It was right there in front of us; plain as day. I can't believe we missed it. ATC saw us heading southwest and vectored us back to the northwest. There was no other traffic involved or close by. From now on I will actually hold the pdc in my hand while doing the legs verification check just like I do the flight plan as a reminder to look at it more closely.

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B737-800 captain reports not detecting a SID change in the pre departure clearance; resulting in a track deviation on departure. ATC quickly detects and corrects the error.