An atl arrival was questioned by 'ramp control' regarding entry into the ramp area. The flight crew ...

Narrative:

As we cleared the runway; ground cleared us across runway 26L and into the ramp via taxiway E3. There was another carrier aircraft that was holding for us to enter the ramp. As we passed the other aircraft; the first officer called ramp twice before getting a response. At that time; we had entered the ramp as I believed that ground had cleared us onto the ramp to get out of the way for the other carrier to continue taxiing. He told us we could not enter the ramp without talking to him and told us; 'sorry would not cut it.' he then cleared us. Both the first officer and I could not find any such names on the commercial chart pages. We saw vehicles crossing the ramp in front of us and stopped short of that roadway. He informed us that we had stopped at the half road; not the quarter road. We then asked for an explanation and he explained that the ramp was divided by three areas. We could not find any of that terminology on any of the ground charts. We then proceeded to the gate without further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An ATL arrival was questioned by 'Ramp Control' regarding entry into the ramp area. The flight crew indicated that improvements in the charting depictions were needed reference 'ramp names/locations'.

Narrative: As we cleared the runway; Ground cleared us across Runway 26L and into the Ramp via Taxiway E3. There was another carrier aircraft that was holding for us to enter the ramp. As we passed the other aircraft; the First Officer called Ramp twice before getting a response. At that time; we had entered the ramp as I believed that Ground had cleared us onto the ramp to get out of the way for the other carrier to continue taxiing. He told us we could not enter the ramp without talking to him and told us; 'Sorry would not cut it.' He then cleared us. Both the First Officer and I could not find any such names on the Commercial Chart pages. We saw vehicles crossing the ramp in front of us and stopped short of that roadway. He informed us that we had stopped at the half road; not the quarter road. We then asked for an explanation and he explained that the ramp was divided by three areas. We could not find any of that terminology on any of the ground charts. We then proceeded to the gate without further incident.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1029629
Time
Date	201208
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ATL.Airport
State Reference	GA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 140 Flight Crew Type 6000
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Clearance

An atl arrival was questioned by 'ramp control' regarding entry into the ramp area. The flight crew indicated that improvements in the charting depictions were needed reference 'ramp names/locations'.