Narrative:

During night ops; push director gave signal for brakes release without any coordination with ca (captain). An aircraft lift was not in place and the jet was not connected to a tow bar. Crew was unaware if the chocks were in place or removed. When the ca refused to release brakes; the push director became visibly upset and displayed a negative attitude and walked away resulting in late push; when on-time could have easily been achieved with proper procedures. Upon his return; he establish communication and continued negative attitude; was not standard in his verbiage; and never cleared us to start engines before walking away. It was obvious the he wanted to express his disdain for the crew and did not act in a manner of the new spirit of [the company]. He should be retrained on the proper procedures.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 First Officer reported that prior to clearance a push director prematurely gave the 'Brakes-off' signal.

Narrative: During night ops; push director gave signal for brakes release without any coordination with CA (Captain). An aircraft lift was not in place and the jet was not connected to a tow bar. Crew was unaware if the chocks were in place or removed. When the CA refused to release brakes; the push director became visibly upset and displayed a negative attitude and walked away resulting in late push; when on-time could have easily been achieved with proper procedures. Upon his return; he establish communication and continued negative attitude; was not standard in his verbiage; and never cleared us to start engines before walking away. It was obvious the he wanted to express his disdain for the crew and did not act in a manner of the new spirit of [the company]. He should be retrained on the proper procedures.

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.