A B737 first officer reported they pushed without clearance and were advised by ground they needed c...

Attributes
ACN	877679
Time
Date	201003
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	MCI.Airport
State Reference	MO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 181
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown Ground Incursion Taxiway

Narrative:

We finished checklist; looked at our commercial chart. It showed that only a courtesy call was required. Since there was radio chat; we commenced the push without calling. We soon heard; 'company pushing off of gate # say callsign.' we indicated that we were company # and waited for instructions. He told us that the gate required a push call. I told him that our chart said it was not required. He said they have been calling the company for more than a week on this issue. The problem is that the tail will end up on taxiway D.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 First Officer reported they pushed without clearance and were advised by Ground they needed clearance even though the company's tailored briefing page indicated that it was not required.

Narrative: We finished checklist; looked at our Commercial Chart. It showed that only a courtesy call was required. Since there was radio chat; we commenced the push without calling. We soon heard; 'Company pushing off of Gate # say callsign.' We indicated that we were Company # and waited for instructions. He told us that the Gate required a push call. I told him that our chart said it was not required. He said they have been calling the Company for more than a week on this issue. The problem is that the tail will end up on Taxiway D.

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.

A B737 first officer reported they pushed without clearance and were advised by ground they needed clearance even though the company's tailored briefing page indicated that it was not required.