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Air carrier captain reported ground personnel at fll airport have microphones turned on at all times during pushback causing communication issues.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1541614 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201805 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | FLL.Airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
I've flown through fll multiple times recently and each pushback crew has been hot microphone the entire push. I've asked the pushback crew about the hot microphone each time. I was previously told it was equipment related. This week I was told it is the station's procedure to have all of their headsets hot microphone for the entire push. My first officer and I remarked at how distracting the noise coming from the pushback crew's microphone was; especially as the engines are started. It really seems like a bad policy (if in fact it is a policy) to introduce distractions during a busy evolution like our pushbacks are. Fll is the only station where I've experienced this hot microphone problem and it has been consistent over my last several turns through there. Hoping to get some help for our crews and ensure ground ops is aware of the impact this could have on the safety of our operation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported Ground Personnel at FLL airport have microphones turned on at all times during pushback causing communication issues.
Narrative: I've flown through FLL multiple times recently and each Pushback Crew has been hot MIC the entire push. I've asked the Pushback Crew about the hot MIC each time. I was previously told it was equipment related. This week I was told it is the station's procedure to have all of their headsets hot MIC for the entire push. My FO and I remarked at how distracting the noise coming from the Pushback Crew's MIC was; especially as the engines are started. It really seems like a bad policy (if in fact it is a policy) to introduce distractions during a busy evolution like our pushbacks are. FLL is the only station where I've experienced this hot MIC problem and it has been consistent over my last several turns through there. Hoping to get some help for our Crews and ensure Ground Ops is aware of the impact this could have on the Safety of our operation.
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.