Air carrier crew operates in rvsm area without required equipment.

Attributes
ACN	465310
Time
Date	200002
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B747 Undifferentiated or Other Model
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
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

Reduced vertical separation minimums in the pacific just began. We had an altitude alert system written up as inoperative. Our dispatch release did not flag our flight nor did we. As a new operation, we did not flag that we needed the alert system.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR CREW OPERATES IN RVSM AREA WITHOUT REQUIRED EQUIP.

Narrative: REDUCED VERT SEPARATION MINIMUMS IN THE PACIFIC JUST BEGAN. WE HAD AN ALT ALERT SYS WRITTEN UP AS INOP. OUR DISPATCH RELEASE DID NOT FLAG OUR FLT NOR DID WE. AS A NEW OP, WE DID NOT FLAG THAT WE NEEDED THE ALERT SYS.

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.