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The first officer of a B737 reported that when taxiing into a gate; vehicle traffic continually crossed in front of the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1427626 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201702 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Parking at the gate; as I began my turn into the gate area several vehicles; including a bus; crossed within 20-30 of the nose of my aircraft even though I was flashing my landing lights as they began crossing the gate area. I queried the ramp controller and was told it was the wing walkers responsibility to stop traffic on the 'road' at the gates.in all my years of flying; I've never been anywhere where aircraft did not have priority. If this is the policy in here it should be in the operational notes; as I was quite surprised when vehicles ignored me and continued crossing in front of me. It was a sudden stop.any airport I've ever landed at; vehicle traffic gives way to aircraft under way. My habit is; as I begin to turn into my parking gate or taxi with vehicle crossings; turn on my runway turnoff lights to get the attention of any vehicles approaching the crossing. Here; no one stopped! So; I was forced to stop rather abruptly to avoid a bus.if; it is the ramp personnel responsibility to stop traffic; that should be in the airport operational notes. If not; then they need training on vehicle control on their ramps.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The First Officer of a B737 reported that when taxiing into a gate; vehicle traffic continually crossed in front of the aircraft.
Narrative: Parking at the gate; as I began my turn into the gate area several vehicles; including a bus; crossed within 20-30 of the nose of my aircraft even though I was flashing my landing lights as they began crossing the gate area. I queried the ramp controller and was told it was the wing walkers responsibility to stop traffic on the 'road' at the gates.In all my years of flying; I've never been anywhere where aircraft did not have priority. If this is the policy in here it should be in the operational notes; as I was quite surprised when vehicles ignored me and continued crossing in front of me. It was a sudden stop.Any airport I've ever landed at; vehicle traffic gives way to aircraft under way. My habit is; as I begin to turn into my parking gate or taxi with vehicle crossings; turn on my runway turnoff lights to get the attention of any vehicles approaching the crossing. Here; no one stopped! So; I was forced to stop rather abruptly to avoid a bus.If; it is the ramp personnel responsibility to stop traffic; that should be in the airport operational notes. If not; then they need training on vehicle control on their ramps.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.