Air carrier captain reported that at the completion of taxi to the gate and engine shutdown; the mar...

Narrative:

Arriving at gate I set the parking brake; shutdown the engines; turned off the seatbelt sign; and looked outside to give the engine cut signal to the marshaller. He had already given the engine cut/all clear signal indicating it was ok to enter the safety zone. He did this based on habit/expectation bias but mostly because of lack of training or poor training. How do I know this? Because it is becoming more frequent and trending in the wrong direction. This is a major safety issue that will cause severe injury or a fatality if proper emphasis are not put on this immediately. Recommend additional training with emphasis on procedures and consequences of not following procedures.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Captain reported that at the completion of taxi to the gate and engine shutdown; the Marshaller waved ramp personnel into the safety zone before the engine cut signal was given by the Captain.

Narrative: Arriving at gate I set the parking brake; shutdown the engines; turned off the seatbelt sign; and looked outside to give the engine cut signal to the Marshaller. He had already given the engine cut/all clear signal indicating it was ok to enter the Safety Zone. He did this based on habit/expectation bias but mostly because of lack of training or poor training. How do I know this? Because it is becoming more frequent and trending in the wrong direction. This is a MAJOR safety issue that WILL cause severe injury or a fatality if proper emphasis are not put on this immediately. Recommend additional training with emphasis on procedures and consequences of not following procedures.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1513061
Time
Date	201801
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	MEM.Airport
State Reference	TN
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Air carrier captain reported that at the completion of taxi to the gate and engine shutdown; the marshaller waved ramp personnel into the safety zone before the engine cut signal was given by the captain.