B737 captain reported while the aircraft was being refueled in sfo the fueler did not have the stati...

Narrative:

During the walk around the first officer noticed no static line on the landing gear while the fueler was fueling. He inquired; and was told it was broken. The first officer came to the cockpit and told me the situation. We had approximately 30k onboard with 10k to go. I ran out; told the fueler we have to have a static line or one spark and we are a bomb. I had to talk loud over the APU and pack running. Luckily; the mechanic shed was right by the plane and I was able to get a mechanic to hurry over and fix it. While the mechanic was fixing it; I asked the fueler if he was trained about the static line; he responded that he had received training but didn't want to take a delay. I told him he put 185 lives at risk and the static line is absolutely required. I tried to speak with his supervisor but was not able to reach him/her.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Captain reported while the aircraft was being refueled in SFO the fueler did not have the static line attached because it was broken. Captain reported having a mechanic repair the static line; so fueling could be completed.

Narrative: During the walk around the FO noticed no static line on the landing gear while the fueler was fueling. He inquired; and was told it was broken. The FO came to the cockpit and told me the situation. We had approximately 30k onboard with 10k to go. I ran out; told the fueler we have to have a static line or one spark and we are a bomb. I had to talk loud over the APU and Pack running. Luckily; the mechanic shed was right by the plane and I was able to get a mechanic to hurry over and fix it. While the mechanic was fixing it; I asked the fueler if he was trained about the static line; he responded that he had received training but didn't want to take a delay. I told him he put 185 lives at risk and the static line is absolutely required. I tried to speak with his supervisor but was not able to reach him/her.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1469639
Time
Date	201708
Place
Locale Reference	SFO.Airport
State Reference	CA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Type 1109
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

B737 captain reported while the aircraft was being refueled in sfo the fueler did not have the static line attached because it was broken. Captain reported having a mechanic repair the static line; so fueling could be completed.