B737 Next Generation Undifferentiated
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Communication Breakdown; Distraction; Situational Awareness; Training / Qualification; Workload
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Weight And Balance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Human Factors; Procedure; Company Policy
We closed out and pushed as scheduled; I failed to verify that the Passenger onboard matched the Flight Attendant count. I wrote the correct number on my yoke as 143 SOB. The loading schedule listed 110 TTL Passengers. I had already briefed a full power takeoff due to departing Runway 08 at ABQ toward the mountains. We took off as planned and while climbing to cruise altitude; we received an ACARs message from Dispatch to adjust our ZFW to 115;263. We had it as 109;463. A difference of 5;800 pounds. We adjusted our ZFW and then compared the numbers. That's where we found the difference in Passengers onboard. I should have caught the difference while doing the Before Push Checklist and verifying the weights. Our actual takeoff weight was 132;163; our actual landing weight was 124;363.
An air carrier Captain discovered while climbing to cruise from ABQ that the passenger manifest count was off and the aircraft weight was off by 5;800 pounds making the actual takeoff weight heavier than what was shown on the loading schedule.