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Ground employees reported supertug parking aircraft issues and combining separate parking crews; which undermines current covid-19 policies.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1751800 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202007 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Vehicle Driver |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
At approx. Xa:09 while monitoring radios to assist if and where needed as ramp was closed due to lightning on or near the field I heard the crew operating paats (park at any time system) truck X declare malfunctioning lights and mis-park of and aircraft X on gate x-xx. As this has a protected overhang I proceeded to make my way to verify and assist as I have red tagged this vehicle several times in the past. En-route I verified it was truck X. Upon arriving to the gate/breezeway/overhang; I observed the crew (super-tug crew also operating paats using my assigned equipment for that day repositioning an aircraft to the correct stop mark. One operating the super-tug; one marshaling (in the open) and directed by manager (in the open) or possibly counseling said crew while the ramp is still closed.this event also exposes several crews to possible unintended covid exposure. Super-tug X (paats X) crew is x-x break room. Supertug Y (me and my partner) are y-xy [room].had I not observed the above I would not have known my equipment was used and to disinfect again. Paats lights on truck X have been intermittent and is a known issue. Though [I] was told it was addressed and on my last user check it functioned it seems to have an issue again.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Ground employees reported supertug parking aircraft issues and combining separate parking crews; which undermines current COVID-19 policies.
Narrative: At approx. XA:09 while monitoring radios to assist if and where needed as ramp was closed due to lightning on or near the field I heard the crew operating PAATS (Park At Any Time System) Truck X declare malfunctioning lights and mis-park of and Aircraft X on Gate X-XX. As this has a protected overhang I proceeded to make my way to verify and assist as I have red tagged this vehicle several times in the past. En-route I verified it was Truck X. Upon arriving to the gate/breezeway/overhang; I observed the crew (super-tug crew also operating PAATS using my assigned equipment for that day repositioning an aircraft to the correct stop mark. One operating the super-tug; one marshaling (in the open) and directed by manager (in the open) or possibly counseling said crew while the ramp is still closed.This event also exposes several crews to possible unintended COVID exposure. Super-tug X (PAATS X) Crew is X-X break room. Supertug Y (Me and my partner) are Y-XY [room].Had I not observed the above I would not have known my equipment was used and to disinfect again. PAATS lights on Truck X have been intermittent and is a known issue. Though [I] was told it was addressed and on my last user check it functioned it seems to have an issue again.
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.