A B737 captain approaching spot 56 on T1 took evasive action to avoid another aircraft on T2 as that...

Attributes
ACN	1012218
Time
Date	201205
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	MDW.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

We were given a clearance to taxi from the gate on T1. Another carrier was on T2 and was told to follow the company jet at their 3:00 position. At spot 55; the other carrier's jet began a right turn toward our aircraft on spot 56. The only thing I could do to prevent what was shaping up to be a taxi collision was to hit the brakes and transmit a firm 'stop' on the ground frequency. The other carrier's first officer was facing his left and did not bother to look out his window to the right to look for us. There may have been some confusion with call signs as another carrier's aircraft did taxi past another carrier. [The other] carrier did not yield.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 Captain approaching Spot 56 on T1 took evasive action to avoid another aircraft on T2 as that aircraft made a right turn near Spot 55 toward spot 56.

Narrative: We were given a clearance to taxi from the gate on T1. Another carrier was on T2 and was told to follow the Company jet at their 3:00 position. At Spot 55; the other carrier's jet began a right turn toward our aircraft on Spot 56. The only thing I could do to prevent what was shaping up to be a taxi collision was to hit the brakes and transmit a firm 'STOP' on the Ground frequency. The other carrier's First Officer was facing his left and did not bother to look out his window to the right to look for us. There may have been some confusion with call signs as another carrier's aircraft did taxi past another carrier. [The other] carrier did not yield.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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 captain approaching spot 56 on T1 took evasive action to avoid another aircraft on T2 as that aircraft made a right turn near spot 55 toward spot 56.