Narrative:

How the problem arose: the date is a friday afternoon. Our departure has been delayed and we are trying to get back on schedule. For some reason, both military and civilian pilots have chosen this busy, hazy afternoon to practice approachs. Contributing factors: the aircraft guide gave me the salute from blocks, followed by the signal to turn right, then waved and walked away. I queried the first officer, 'clear right?' he looked right and replied, 'clear right.' I spooled up, started moving, then began a turn to the right. I then commanded, 'taxi clearance, taxi checks.' nothing has been heard on the tower frequency, which also handles ground control, up to this point. The first officer calls the tower for taxi, still looking right. At the precise second he finishes, a VFR pilot cuts out any reply by checking in with position and intentions and the tower replies. This has taken long enough that I am almost over the red line marking the exit from the ramp area onto taxiway a. This line has been displaced toward the ramp area as taxiway a has been displaced during construction. My choice is now a panic stop or to continue rolling slowly. Since I am clear, instead of throwing the flight attendants around in back, I kept rolling. The tower then advises us to 'in the future, hold short of the taxiway, you have cut out another jet behind you.' the first officer then cranes his neck way around and sees a jet 'way back' just entering the taxiway. I tell him to ask the tower for intentions and we're told to continue. Corrective actions: in the future, if I'm behind schedule, I'm behind schedule. I will not hurry. When we are parked facing away from a taxiway at an angle, I will turn all the way back around to enter at a 90 degree angle where I can see. I will better appreciate communications difficulties at busy times and make no assumptions based on my own situational awareness.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG TAXIES ACROSS RAMP HOLD LINE.

Narrative: HOW THE PROB AROSE: THE DATE IS A FRIDAY AFTERNOON. OUR DEP HAS BEEN DELAYED AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET BACK ON SCHEDULE. FOR SOME REASON, BOTH MIL AND CIVILIAN PLTS HAVE CHOSEN THIS BUSY, HAZY AFTERNOON TO PRACTICE APCHS. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: THE ACFT GUIDE GAVE ME THE SALUTE FROM BLOCKS, FOLLOWED BY THE SIGNAL TO TURN R, THEN WAVED AND WALKED AWAY. I QUERIED THE FO, 'CLR RIGHT?' HE LOOKED R AND REPLIED, 'CLR RIGHT.' I SPOOLED UP, STARTED MOVING, THEN BEGAN A TURN TO THE R. I THEN COMMANDED, 'TAXI CLRNC, TAXI CHKS.' NOTHING HAS BEEN HEARD ON THE TWR FREQ, WHICH ALSO HANDLES GND CTL, UP TO THIS POINT. THE FO CALLS THE TWR FOR TAXI, STILL LOOKING R. AT THE PRECISE SECOND HE FINISHES, A VFR PLT CUTS OUT ANY REPLY BY CHKING IN WITH POS AND INTENTIONS AND THE TWR REPLIES. THIS HAS TAKEN LONG ENOUGH THAT I AM ALMOST OVER THE RED LINE MARKING THE EXIT FROM THE RAMP AREA ONTO TXWY A. THIS LINE HAS BEEN DISPLACED TOWARD THE RAMP AREA AS TXWY A HAS BEEN DISPLACED DURING CONSTRUCTION. MY CHOICE IS NOW A PANIC STOP OR TO CONTINUE ROLLING SLOWLY. SINCE I AM CLR, INSTEAD OF THROWING THE FLT ATTENDANTS AROUND IN BACK, I KEPT ROLLING. THE TWR THEN ADVISES US TO 'IN THE FUTURE, HOLD SHORT OF THE TXWY, YOU HAVE CUT OUT ANOTHER JET BEHIND YOU.' THE FO THEN CRANES HIS NECK WAY AROUND AND SEES A JET 'WAY BACK' JUST ENTERING THE TXWY. I TELL HIM TO ASK THE TWR FOR INTENTIONS AND WE'RE TOLD TO CONTINUE. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: IN THE FUTURE, IF I'M BEHIND SCHEDULE, I'M BEHIND SCHEDULE. I WILL NOT HURRY. WHEN WE ARE PARKED FACING AWAY FROM A TXWY AT AN ANGLE, I WILL TURN ALL THE WAY BACK AROUND TO ENTER AT A 90 DEG ANGLE WHERE I CAN SEE. I WILL BETTER APPRECIATE COMS DIFFICULTIES AT BUSY TIMES AND MAKE NO ASSUMPTIONS BASED ON MY OWN SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.