Air carrier parking guideman show to begin aircraft guidance resulting in aircraft stop thereby possibly endangering passengers and subjecting ground equipment to jet blast.

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Attributes
ACN	116814
Time
Date	198907
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dfw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	116814
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Ambiguous
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Guideman is required for taxiing into gate. This guideman placed himself behind jet bridge, sitting with feet up, with wands in rear pocket. His lazy wandering to centerline and slow preparation forced me to stop aircraft short of gate awaiting him. This stop and subsequent start endangers passenger who may not observe seat belt sign, and jet blast endangers those behind aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR PARKING GUIDEMAN SHOW TO BEGIN ACFT GUIDANCE RESULTING IN ACFT STOP THEREBY POSSIBLY ENDANGERING PASSENGERS AND SUBJECTING GND EQUIPMENT TO JET BLAST.

Narrative: GUIDEMAN IS REQUIRED FOR TAXIING INTO GATE. THIS GUIDEMAN PLACED HIMSELF BEHIND JET BRIDGE, SITTING WITH FEET UP, WITH WANDS IN REAR POCKET. HIS LAZY WANDERING TO CENTERLINE AND SLOW PREPARATION FORCED ME TO STOP ACFT SHORT OF GATE AWAITING HIM. THIS STOP AND SUBSEQUENT START ENDANGERS PAX WHO MAY NOT OBSERVE SEAT BELT SIGN, AND JET BLAST ENDANGERS THOSE BEHIND ACFT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.