Medium large transport aircraft flight crew failed to contact ground controller as per ATIS information. Flight crew first officer obtained ATIS, but failed to inform captain of new requirement for pushback clearance.

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Attributes
ACN	351190
Time
Date	199610
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mci
State Reference	MO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zlc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 17200 flight time type : 12000
ASRS Report	351190
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Pushback clearance from this gate has not been required for at least 10 yrs. First officer received and copied ATIS but did not hear end of ATIS message which stated pushback clearance was required. We pushed back without clearance as we always did. The ground controller seemed very annoyed. It is not a requirement for both pilots to listen to ATIS -- maybe it should be.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG ACFT FLC FAILED TO CONTACT GND CTLR AS PER ATIS INFO. FLC FO OBTAINED ATIS, BUT FAILED TO INFORM CAPT OF NEW REQUIREMENT FOR PUSHBACK CLRNC.

Narrative: PUSHBACK CLRNC FROM THIS GATE HAS NOT BEEN REQUIRED FOR AT LEAST 10 YRS. FO RECEIVED AND COPIED ATIS BUT DID NOT HEAR END OF ATIS MESSAGE WHICH STATED PUSHBACK CLRNC WAS REQUIRED. WE PUSHED BACK WITHOUT CLRNC AS WE ALWAYS DID. THE GND CTLR SEEMED VERY ANNOYED. IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR BOTH PLTS TO LISTEN TO ATIS -- MAYBE IT SHOULD BE.

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.