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Captain reported that it is unclear if company policy allows brake release to be done prior to receiving clearance to push.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1697957 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201911 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| 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 Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 89 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 917 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
When preparing for pushback at ZZZ; the ramp called ready and asked if we could release the brakes for aircraft capture. I replied that I could not and asked if the ramper was familiar with the fact that we are not allowed to do so until we are cleared to push. She responded that yes she was; but that her superiors told them to ask for brake release early so that they can get the on time. She said this is a consistent message from her leadership.there is no reason why we can't release the brakes for aircraft capture prior to receiving the push clearance. The capture process takes some time anyways and it would be helpful to have it complete when actually cleared to push.flight operations and the ramp department need to come to agreement on the procedures here. We are constantly asked to release the brake prior to being cleared to push; particularly in ZZZ.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Captain reported that it is unclear if company policy allows brake release to be done prior to receiving clearance to push.
Narrative: When preparing for pushback at ZZZ; the ramp called ready and asked if we could release the brakes for aircraft capture. I replied that I could not and asked if the ramper was familiar with the fact that we are not allowed to do so until we are cleared to push. She responded that yes she was; but that her superiors told them to ask for brake release early so that they can get the on time. She said this is a consistent message from her leadership.There is no reason why we can't release the brakes for aircraft capture prior to receiving the push clearance. The capture process takes some time anyways and it would be helpful to have it complete when actually cleared to push.Flight Operations and the ramp department need to come to agreement on the procedures here. We are constantly asked to release the brake prior to being cleared to push; particularly in ZZZ.
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.