A B737-700 flight crew reported they flew the wrong departure out of lax when they failed to catch a...

Attributes
ACN	1254302
Time
Date	201504
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	LAX.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb Takeoff
Route In Use	SID VTU5
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 249 Flight Crew Type 8500
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 168 Flight Crew Type 168
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

During the pre-departure briefing; while comparing our CDU route to the pre departure clearance; both pilots read the SID from the filed line; and missed the SID change to -VTU5- in the line directly above. Upon check-in with socal on departure; we confirmed that we thought we were cleared for the casta 4 departure; but after checking the pre departure clearance in-flight; we realized our error.socal re-cleared us via runway heading; expect radar vectors rzs..ave..pxn.PXN3 arrival. Due to the later; evening departure traffic was light in that sector and there were no known conflicts.there is no reason to list the filed route in the pre departure clearance clearance. Recommend listing only the actual cleared route in its entirety point-by-point. Eliminating the unnecessary information would declutter the pre departure clearance and clarify exactly the route cleared by ATC.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-700 flight crew reported they flew the wrong departure out of LAX when they failed to catch a routing change in the PDC.

Narrative: During the pre-departure briefing; while comparing our CDU route to the PDC; both pilots read the SID from the filed line; and missed the SID change to -VTU5- in the line directly above. Upon check-in with SoCal on departure; we confirmed that we thought we were cleared for the CASTA 4 Departure; but after checking the PDC in-flight; we realized our error.SoCal re-cleared us via runway heading; expect radar vectors RZS..AVE..PXN.PXN3 Arrival. Due to the later; evening departure traffic was light in that sector and there were no known conflicts.There is no reason to list the filed route in the PDC clearance. Recommend listing only the actual cleared route in its entirety point-by-point. Eliminating the unnecessary information would declutter the PDC and clarify exactly the route cleared by ATC.

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A B737-700 flight crew reported they flew the wrong departure out of lax when they failed to catch a routing change in the pre departure clearance.