The reporter found contract fuelers fueling the aircraft without grounding wires in place.

Attributes
ACN	342281
Time
Date	199607
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : clt airport : iad
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-88
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
ASRS Report	342281
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On flight xx clt to atl on jul/xx/96 and jul/yy/96, I found contract fuelers fueling the aircraft without grounding wires in place. I talked to the fueler on jul/yy/96 and caught the company again on jul/zz/96. Notified station manager on jul/yy/96. On flight X in iad on jul/zz/96, caught fuelers doing same thing and notified operations personnel. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated he was flying an MD88. He stated when he talked to the company representatives at clt they said not grounding was standard procedure. The reporter states his airline policy is to ground the aircraft. The same non grounding while fueling is the standard at iad. As of this callback there is nothing being done about the difference in company policy and contract fueler policy. The company is aware of the non grounding fueling policy at clt and iad.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: THE RPTR FOUND CONTRACT FUELERS FUELING THE ACFT WITHOUT GNDING WIRES IN PLACE.

Narrative: ON FLT XX CLT TO ATL ON JUL/XX/96 AND JUL/YY/96, I FOUND CONTRACT FUELERS FUELING THE ACFT WITHOUT GNDING WIRES IN PLACE. I TALKED TO THE FUELER ON JUL/YY/96 AND CAUGHT THE COMPANY AGAIN ON JUL/ZZ/96. NOTIFIED STATION MANAGER ON JUL/YY/96. ON FLT X IN IAD ON JUL/ZZ/96, CAUGHT FUELERS DOING SAME THING AND NOTIFIED OPS PERSONNEL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED HE WAS FLYING AN MD88. HE STATED WHEN HE TALKED TO THE COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES AT CLT THEY SAID NOT GNDING WAS STANDARD PROC. THE RPTR STATES HIS AIRLINE POLICY IS TO GND THE ACFT. THE SAME NON GNDING WHILE FUELING IS THE STANDARD AT IAD. AS OF THIS CALLBACK THERE IS NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN COMPANY POLICY AND CONTRACT FUELER POLICY. THE COMPANY IS AWARE OF THE NON GNDING FUELING POLICY AT CLT AND IAD.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.