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A319 first officer reported that prior to clearance a push director prematurely gave the 'brakes-off' signal.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1521811 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201802 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 1351 Flight Crew Type 1351 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
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.
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.