A flight crew member expresses concern for dfw ground personnel's safety because there is no safety ...

Narrative:

I continue to be fearful for ground personnel during taxi to parking at self-parking gates at dfw. Personnel move into the sterile area during parking while I am looking up at the parking system. I am gravely concerned that the person with the electric chord will trip over the chord while my attention is diverted to the parking system. There is no one to spot trouble and stop aircraft movement should someone wander into danger. All ground personnel should stay out of the sterile area until the aircraft has come to a complete stop and all engines are shutdown. Or; bring the marshaller back to the front of the plane as a safety observer?

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Flight Crew Member expresses concern for DFW ground personnel's safety because there is no safety observer and someone could fall over equipment in the path of the aircraft as the Captain focuses attention on the self-parking system.

Narrative: I continue to be fearful for ground personnel during taxi to parking at self-parking gates at DFW. Personnel move into the sterile area during parking while I am looking up at the parking system. I am gravely concerned that the person with the electric chord will trip over the chord while my attention is diverted to the parking system. There is no one to spot trouble and stop aircraft movement should someone wander into danger. All ground personnel should stay out of the sterile area until the aircraft has come to a complete stop and all engines are shutdown. Or; bring the marshaller back to the front of the plane as a safety observer?

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	846073
Time
Date	200907
Place
Locale Reference	DFW.Airport
State Reference	TX
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Events
Anomaly	No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types

A flight crew member expresses concern for dfw ground personnel's safety because there is no safety observer and someone could fall over equipment in the path of the aircraft as the captain focuses attention on the self-parking system.