A321 captain reported abruptly stopping on taxiway due to employee bus cutting across in front of th...

Attributes
ACN	1612128
Time
Date	201901
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A321
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Pushed back. Disconnected from the tug; pin and salute. Called for taxi; first officer read back instructions and I turn on the taxi light and we started moving. I noticed from the right and employee bus coming at speed from right to left. I braked. The brakes didn't catch at first the ground was a little slick with de-ice fluid. The brakes did catch and the plane stopped quickly. I checked on everyone in the back and was informed [a] flight attendant had fallen and needed medical attention. We contacted ramp and went back to the gate to get her medical attention. Bus never stopped when the taxi light was on and plane was in motion. Vehicles on the tarmac should give way when an airplane has its taxi light on and is under way.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A321 Captain reported abruptly stopping on taxiway due to employee bus cutting across in front of the aircraft.

Narrative: Pushed back. Disconnected from the tug; pin and salute. Called for taxi; FO read back instructions and I turn on the taxi light and we started moving. I noticed from the right and employee bus coming at speed from right to left. I braked. The brakes didn't catch at first the ground was a little slick with de-ice fluid. The brakes did catch and the plane stopped quickly. I checked on everyone in the back and was informed [a] FA had fallen and needed medical attention. We contacted ramp and went back to the gate to get her medical attention. Bus never stopped when the taxi light was on and plane was in motion. Vehicles on the tarmac should give way when an airplane has its taxi light on and is under way.

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.

A321 captain reported abruptly stopping on taxiway due to employee bus cutting across in front of the aircraft.