A B737-800's HUD was inoperative and the captain refused the aircraft because he had never flown wit...

Narrative:

When I saw the HUD(heads up display) was inoperative on the flight plan; I called dispatch about 70 minutes prior to departure and told them I was not going to take the aircraft with an inoperative HUD to sna. I have never flown a 737 without a HUD during or after training. The HUD is required to be used for all takeoffs and landings by vol 1. At the planned landing weight of around 140K; the required landing distance; from the 737 landing data card in the performance manual; is 5208'. Sna runway 19R is 5701'. I decided the safest action would be to not try landing without a HUD for the first time; at one of the shortest runways we fly to; near maximum landing weight. After several phone calls from people trying to convince me to take the aircraft without the HUD operative; the aircraft was changed about 20 minutes after planned departure time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-800's HUD was inoperative and the Captain refused the aircraft because he had never flown without a HUD and the SNA runway; his planned destination; is short.

Narrative: When I saw the HUD(Heads Up Display) was inoperative on the flight plan; I called Dispatch about 70 minutes prior to departure and told them I was not going to take the aircraft with an inoperative HUD to SNA. I have never flown a 737 without a HUD during or after training. The HUD is required to be used for all takeoffs and landings by Vol 1. At the planned landing weight of around 140K; the required landing distance; from the 737 landing data card in the performance manual; is 5208'. SNA runway 19R is 5701'. I decided the safest action would be to not try landing without a HUD for the first time; at one of the shortest runways we fly to; near maximum landing weight. After several phone calls from people trying to convince me to take the aircraft without the HUD operative; the aircraft was changed about 20 minutes after planned departure time.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	918587
Time
Date	201010
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Heads-Up Display
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

A B737-800's HUD was inoperative and the captain refused the aircraft because he had never flown without a HUD and the sna runway; his planned destination; is short.