Narrative:

While the aircraft was still connected to the tug; and with personnel under the nose of the aircraft I was being given the 'clear to taxi' signal from the ground crew. The ground crew member did not understand proper pushback procedures.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 Captain reported ramp personnel gave them the 'clear to taxi signal' with other persons under the aircraft.

Narrative: While the aircraft was still connected to the tug; and with personnel under the nose of the aircraft I was being given the 'clear to taxi' signal from the ground crew. The ground crew member did not understand proper pushback 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.