A pilot reports he had to stop his taxi while being marshalled into a gate because a ramp agent with...

Narrative:

While being marshalled into the gate; the ramper with the ground power service cord was standing under the jetway. When I was almost even with the engine run-up markings; he walked in front of the aircraft in order to stand on the other side of the safety zone so that he could plug in the ground power service cord. I had to stop the taxi and wait until he cleared the safety zone. During the pushback; when leaving; the ramper driving the tug informed me that he was the ramper that walked through the safety zone. When I asked him why he did that; he said that the aircraft was not deep into the safety zone and that they could walk through the zone even if the aircraft was taxiing in the zone. Ramper in safety zone while aircraft was taxiing. Train the rampers to stay out of the safety zone while an aircraft is moving in the zone.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot reports he had to stop his taxi while being marshalled into a gate because a Ramp Agent with an external ground power cord had crossed through a Safety Zone in front of their B737-700 aircraft; so he could plug in a power cord.

Narrative: While being marshalled into the gate; the Ramper with the ground power service cord was standing under the jetway. When I was almost even with the engine run-up markings; he walked in front of the aircraft in order to stand on the other side of the Safety Zone so that he could plug in the ground power service cord. I had to stop the taxi and wait until he cleared the Safety Zone. During the pushback; when leaving; the Ramper driving the tug informed me that he was the Ramper that walked through the Safety Zone. When I asked him why he did that; he said that the aircraft was not deep into the Safety Zone and that they could walk through the Zone even if the aircraft was taxiing in the Zone. Ramper in Safety Zone while aircraft was taxiing. Train the rampers to stay out of the Safety Zone while an aircraft is moving in the Zone.

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	1119973
Time
Date	201310
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Component
Aircraft Component	External Power
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying Ramp
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 190
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Person / Animal / Bird

A pilot reports he had to stop his taxi while being marshalled into a gate because a ramp agent with an external ground power cord had crossed through a safety zone in front of their B737-700 aircraft; so he could plug in a power cord.