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Air carrier flight crew believes that stopping on a taxiway bridge is not safe due to the inability to evacuate should the need arise. The ramp controller does not seem to understand this logic.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1201665 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201409 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | IAH.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 224 Flight Crew Total 16202 Flight Crew Type 3422 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Ramp had us stop on the RA bridge. The ramp controller did not understand the safety hazard of a potential evacuation on the bridge.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Carrier flight crew believes that stopping on a taxiway bridge is not safe due to the inability to evacuate should the need arise. The Ramp Controller does not seem to understand this logic.
Narrative: Ramp had us stop on the RA bridge. The ramp controller did not understand the safety hazard of a potential evacuation on the bridge.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.