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A321 captain reported beginning his taxi with a ramp employee still near the nose gear.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1396543 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201610 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A321 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
After push back I was heads down for a moment. When I looked up I saw the tug well clear of the jet and nobody in front of the acft. I released brakes and began to move when I saw the marshaller standing next to the left wing. I applied brakes and stopped. It was then I saw a ramper step back from the nose with a pin.it should be noted a ramper was fatally injured some years back under similar circumstances. As I recall the marshaller was out of position when the captain began to taxi and a ramper was crushed by the main gear.this occurrence caused me to consider that we have gotten away from standardized push back procedures over the past few years with our move to contract ramp. I have become used to non standard signaling; marshaller locations; and verbiage. Sometimes we see the pin; sometimes we do not. Sometimes the marshaller is out in front of the jet; visible to the crew; sometimes they are not.I for one will apply more discipline in managing push backs and hold the ground crew to the same. It would be helpful if our procedures are reviewed with ramp contract providers throughout the system; with emphasis on safety. And the need for certain practices to be standard system wide.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A321 Captain reported beginning his taxi with a ramp employee still near the nose gear.
Narrative: After push back I was heads down for a moment. When I looked up I saw the tug well clear of the jet and nobody in front of the acft. I released brakes and began to move when I saw the marshaller standing next to the left wing. I applied brakes and stopped. It was then I saw a ramper step back from the nose with a pin.It should be noted a ramper was fatally injured some years back under similar circumstances. As I recall the marshaller was out of position when the captain began to taxi and a ramper was crushed by the main gear.This occurrence caused me to consider that we have gotten away from standardized push back procedures over the past few years with our move to contract ramp. I have become used to non standard signaling; marshaller locations; and verbiage. Sometimes we see the pin; sometimes we do not. Sometimes the marshaller is out in front of the jet; visible to the crew; sometimes they are not.I for one will apply more discipline in managing push backs and hold the ground crew to the same. It would be helpful if our procedures are reviewed with ramp contract providers throughout the system; with emphasis on safety. And the need for certain practices to be standard system wide.
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.