Air carrier flight crew did not call ramp control prior to entering the ramp area.

Attributes
ACN	1767200
Time
Date	202010
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 49 Flight Crew Total 242 Flight Crew Type 242
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 42 Flight Crew Total 837 Flight Crew Type 837
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

After landing; while taxiing to park at ZZZ [airport]; we forgot to contact ZZZ ramp for entry lane assignment before entering the ramp. Threats leading to omission: reserve pilots; reduction of flights leading to reduced proficiency/recency; limited experience at ZZZ as ZZZ1-based pilots; lack of thorough identification of requirements during arrival brief. During the arrival brief; we failed to mention an operations note to 'contact ZZZ ramp for entry point assignment.'due to renovations at the terminal; we should have briefed the ramp entry/exit procedures in advance and highlighted the terminal construction and area as a threat to mitigate. This was the last leg of our trip. We were assigned gate X at the end of terminal xx. There was no traffic in/outbound as we taxied in; and as we approached lane Y on taxiway a heading toward gate X it was completely clear with what appeared a direct entry to the gate. This may have contributed to us thinking our ground control taxi clearance was sufficient. The unusually short taxi with no traffic erroneously led us to believe our ground taxi clearance took us all the way to the gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier flight crew did not call Ramp Control prior to entering the ramp area.

Narrative: After landing; while taxiing to park at ZZZ [airport]; we forgot to contact ZZZ Ramp for entry lane assignment before entering the ramp. Threats leading to omission: Reserve pilots; reduction of flights leading to reduced proficiency/recency; limited experience at ZZZ as ZZZ1-based pilots; lack of thorough identification of requirements during arrival brief. During the arrival brief; we failed to mention an operations note to 'Contact ZZZ Ramp for entry point assignment.'Due to renovations at the terminal; we should have briefed the ramp entry/exit procedures in advance and highlighted the terminal construction and area as a threat to mitigate. This was the last leg of our trip. We were assigned Gate X at the end of Terminal XX. There was no traffic in/outbound as we taxied in; and as we approached lane Y on Taxiway A heading toward Gate X it was completely clear with what appeared a direct entry to the gate. This may have contributed to us thinking our Ground Control taxi clearance was sufficient. The unusually short taxi with no traffic erroneously led us to believe our ground taxi clearance took us all the way to the gate.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.