<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1283482, July 2015

A319 first officer reported the push back ground crew seemed to be completely unfamiliar with push back and tug procedures.

Attributes
ACN	1283482
Time
Date	201507
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	RIC.Airport
State Reference	VA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 165 Flight Crew Total 9451 Flight Crew Type 7525
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Ground personnel completely unfamiliar with push and tug procedures. Push crew disconnected from aircraft without calling for parking brakes. Would not connect after flashing landing lights. Attempted to tug aircraft without communication and parking brakes set. Non-SOP terminology and attention to safety.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 First Officer reported the push back ground crew seemed to be completely unfamiliar with push back and tug procedures.

Narrative: Ground personnel completely unfamiliar with push and tug procedures. Push crew disconnected from aircraft without calling for parking brakes. Would not connect after flashing landing lights. Attempted to tug aircraft without communication and parking brakes set. Non-SOP terminology and attention to safety.

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.