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B747 captain noted the lack of adherence to company SOP by pushback crews in asia.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 862480 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200911 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B747-400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 15000 Flight Crew Type 1200 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Once again ramp personnel demanding brakes off immediately upon calling cockpit in pushback preparation; offending bold print warnings in the flight manual not to release brakes until checklists are done and pushback clearance is received. Person on headset doing this again refused to provide his name as is common in asia. Constant safety problem reported many times with zero solution at many bases. Who is telling people at multiple bases to purposefully ignore this bold print safety warning in our manuals and ignore safety reports? Since this is a multi year unsolved problem at many bases someone other than local people must be behind this problem that has gotten ramp people injured and killed in the past. Who is behind this; as local people always deny that they made up this idea? Called dispatcher and duty flight manager at the gate before allowing pushback to report this safety deviation on the spot so they might find who did this and refused to provide me a name.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B747 Captain noted the lack of adherence to company SOP by pushback crews in Asia.
Narrative: Once again ramp personnel demanding brakes off immediately upon calling cockpit in pushback preparation; offending bold print warnings in the flight manual not to release brakes until checklists are done and pushback clearance is received. Person on headset doing this again refused to provide his name as is common in Asia. Constant safety problem reported many times with zero solution at many bases. Who is telling people at multiple bases to purposefully ignore this bold print safety warning in our manuals and ignore safety reports? Since this is a multi year unsolved problem at many bases someone other than local people must be behind this problem that has gotten ramp people injured and killed in the past. Who is behind this; as local people always deny that they made up this idea? Called Dispatcher and Duty Flight Manager at the gate before allowing pushback to report this safety deviation on the spot so they might find who did this and refused to provide me a name.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.