A319
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Human Factors; Manuals; Procedure
I was the Captain on Aircraft X.  During preflight FA (Flight Attendant) discovered that we needed 4 survival kits onboard but we had none.  After consulting [the] manual I discovered that non sharklet; A319 aircraft were indeed required to have 2 survival kits in front and 2 in back.  Maintenance was called.  Maintenance informed us that they were not required for this aircraft and we departed for ZZZ1.  In ZZZ1 a FA supervisor showed up and we re-consulted everything and decided to call Maintenance again.  They came up with a paper that showed that only aircraft XX [through] YY required survival kits.  We departed for ZZZ.  Someones paperwork is wrong and I suspect that it is Flight Ops and the Flight Attendants and not Maintenance. Sync our paperwork with Maintenance.
Flight Crew flying A319 aircraft discover a Manual discrepancy pertaining to the number of required survival kits on board.