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Air carrier captain advises painted lead-in lines to parking at buf are faded and difficult to see at night.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 800662 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200808 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : buf.airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : svmc.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 800662 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Company |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Situations | |
| Airport | markings : buf.airport |
Narrative:
Several times taxiing into gates at buf at night very hard to see faded yellow lines. Have asked several times for safety to have them be painted at all gates. Operations told me there is no one to do it with layoffs -- no budget for paint anyway! If we can't afford paint for gate safety we should not be flying an airline for hire.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR CAPT ADVISES PAINTED LEAD-IN LINES TO PARKING AT BUF ARE FADED AND DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT.
Narrative: SEVERAL TIMES TAXIING INTO GATES AT BUF AT NIGHT VERY HARD TO SEE FADED YELLOW LINES. HAVE ASKED SEVERAL TIMES FOR SAFETY TO HAVE THEM BE PAINTED AT ALL GATES. OPS TOLD ME THERE IS NO ONE TO DO IT WITH LAYOFFS -- NO BUDGET FOR PAINT ANYWAY! IF WE CAN'T AFFORD PAINT FOR GATE SAFETY WE SHOULD NOT BE FLYING AN AIRLINE FOR HIRE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.