B777 captain reported that tow-in crews are not using standard communication from ground to pilot.

Attributes
ACN	1570811
Time
Date	201808
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 9447.6 Flight Crew Type 2062.0
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Tow-in crews continue to use non-standard communication. For example he simply said; 'release brakes instead of the proper' 'roger; by-pass pin installed; towbar secured; ready for brake release.'

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B777 Captain reported that tow-in crews are not using standard communication from ground to pilot.

Narrative: Tow-in crews continue to use non-standard communication. For example he simply said; 'release brakes instead of the proper' 'Roger; by-pass pin installed; towbar secured; ready for brake release.'

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.