Narrative:

At the gate in sju with ground on one radio and ramp office on the other, I called on ramp office by mistake and said 'air carrier X ready to push off the gate with the ATIS code.' the ramp office answered, 'cleared to push.' while pushing back, the ramp office called and said that the tower wanted to know why we were pushing without clearance. I realized my mistake and changed to ground radio and explained my mistake. They said to call, when we landed, on the phone. From phone call, they (sju tower) said they were pressing charges. The ramp office should not have cleared me to push when I said I was calling ground. I should have had the correct radio on.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR PUSHES BACK FROM THE GATE WITH COMPANY RAMP APPROVAL WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ATC TWR APPROVAL. PUSHBACK REQUEST WAS MADE ON INCORRECT RADIO.

Narrative: AT THE GATE IN SJU WITH GND ON ONE RADIO AND RAMP OFFICE ON THE OTHER, I CALLED ON RAMP OFFICE BY MISTAKE AND SAID 'ACR X READY TO PUSH OFF THE GATE WITH THE ATIS CODE.' THE RAMP OFFICE ANSWERED, 'CLRED TO PUSH.' WHILE PUSHING BACK, THE RAMP OFFICE CALLED AND SAID THAT THE TWR WANTED TO KNOW WHY WE WERE PUSHING WITHOUT CLRNC. I REALIZED MY MISTAKE AND CHANGED TO GND RADIO AND EXPLAINED MY MISTAKE. THEY SAID TO CALL, WHEN WE LANDED, ON THE PHONE. FROM PHONE CALL, THEY (SJU TWR) SAID THEY WERE PRESSING CHARGES. THE RAMP OFFICE SHOULD NOT HAVE CLRED ME TO PUSH WHEN I SAID I WAS CALLING GND. I SHOULD HAVE HAD THE CORRECT RADIO ON.

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.