Air carrier medium large transport crew forgot to get their flight plan through ACARS.

Attributes
ACN	316820
Time
Date	199509
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pit
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
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
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 25000 flight time type : 10000
ASRS Report	316820
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Crew neglected to pick up clearance on ACARS due to distrs: 1) only time to eat with only 40 mins turn around -- no more crew meal program. 2) attending to maintenance problems, and having to call maintenance twice, since they are shorthanded due to cutbacks.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG CREW FORGOT TO GET THEIR FLT PLAN THROUGH ACARS.

Narrative: CREW NEGLECTED TO PICK UP CLRNC ON ACARS DUE TO DISTRS: 1) ONLY TIME TO EAT WITH ONLY 40 MINS TURN AROUND -- NO MORE CREW MEAL PROGRAM. 2) ATTENDING TO MAINT PROBS, AND HAVING TO CALL MAINT TWICE, SINCE THEY ARE SHORTHANDED DUE TO CUTBACKS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.