Air carrier captain reported noticing problems arising from the new de-ice procedure at bos.

Attributes
ACN	1614984
Time
Date	201901
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	BOS.Airport
State Reference	MA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

There are new deicing procedures at boston where [aircraft] push back partially from the gate and then deice at the gate. This new procedure is not workable at boston. This created such a huge backlog of aircraft waiting for gates that the entire boston airport became clogged up with aircraft holding in the air. This flight noticed ATC making errors because of the ramifications.deicing at the gate requires that gate space; tugs; and personnel are tied up during the entire process; creating delays for gates and ripple effects throughout the entire airport.return to the previous procedure of deicing away from the gate -- at the 'juliet' pad like before worked well.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier Captain reported noticing problems arising from the new de-ice procedure at BOS.

Narrative: There are new deicing procedures at Boston where [aircraft] push back partially from the gate and then deice at the gate. This new procedure is not workable at Boston. This created such a huge backlog of aircraft waiting for gates that the entire Boston airport became clogged up with aircraft holding in the air. This flight noticed ATC making errors because of the ramifications.Deicing at the gate requires that gate space; tugs; and personnel are tied up during the entire process; creating delays for gates and ripple effects throughout the entire airport.Return to the previous procedure of deicing away from the gate -- at the 'JULIET' pad like before worked well.

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