<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1448890, May 2017

Ramp employees reported concern about vehicles and personnel staging in the gate area; but not clear of the operations zone.

Attributes
ACN	1448890
Time
Date	201705
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Ramp
Person 2
Function	Ramp
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

There have been concerns of runners/vendors and other vehicles positioning/waiting for [aircraft to arrive]; and self-park at [adjacent gate] not picking up the threats (they had a fault issue on it yesterday). Granted; they shouldn't be waiting in the [safety zone]. However; I believe this does highlight a threat if a wing walker is not present and the flight crew park the aircraft using self-park as per their SOP. Multiple [safety reports] have been filed on this matter to no avail.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Ramp employees reported concern about vehicles and personnel staging in the gate area; but not clear of the operations zone.

Narrative: There have been concerns of runners/vendors and other vehicles positioning/waiting for [aircraft to arrive]; and Self-Park at [adjacent gate] not picking up the threats (they had a fault issue on it yesterday). Granted; they shouldn't be waiting in the [safety zone]. However; I believe this does highlight a threat if a wing walker is not present and the flight crew park the aircraft using Self-Park as per their SOP. Multiple [safety reports] have been filed on this matter to no avail.

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.