Narrative:

Upon receiving pushback clearance we pushed back into an uncontrolled ramp area. Anticipating an immediate taxi clearance to the active runway we positioned the aircraft onto taxiway west just short of the inner. This came to the attention of the ground controller when another aircraft was unable to use taxiway west because our aircraft was in the way. The reason we weren't issued a taxi clearance was because a center release time was imposed on our departure. Very often in boston there is no mention of a delay until the pushback clearance has been issued and accomplished. It would seem prudent to use gate holds in these situations because after we push back there is no place to go.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT CREW OF LGT AFTER PUSHBACK TAXIED TO A HOLD POSITION ON TXWY AWAITING TAXI CLRNC, BLOCKED TXWY FOR ANOTHER TAXIING ACFT.

Narrative: UPON RECEIVING PUSHBACK CLRNC WE PUSHED BACK INTO AN UNCONTROLLED RAMP AREA. ANTICIPATING AN IMMEDIATE TAXI CLRNC TO THE ACTIVE RWY WE POSITIONED THE ACFT ONTO TXWY W JUST SHORT OF THE INNER. THIS CAME TO THE ATTN OF THE GND CTLR WHEN ANOTHER ACFT WAS UNABLE TO USE TXWY W BECAUSE OUR ACFT WAS IN THE WAY. THE REASON WE WEREN'T ISSUED A TAXI CLRNC WAS BECAUSE A CENTER RELEASE TIME WAS IMPOSED ON OUR DEP. VERY OFTEN IN BOSTON THERE IS NO MENTION OF A DELAY UNTIL THE PUSHBACK CLRNC HAS BEEN ISSUED AND ACCOMPLISHED. IT WOULD SEEM PRUDENT TO USE GATE HOLDS IN THESE SITUATIONS BECAUSE AFTER WE PUSH BACK THERE IS NO PLACE TO GO.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.