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An air carrier pilot reported that flight crews operating out of ogg must wait for ground personnel to open access doors for them to perform preflights and other duties on the aircraft in preparation for departure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 847307 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | OGG.Airport |
| State Reference | HI |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 14000 Flight Crew Type 3500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
There is no longer an acceptable way for pilots to reach the ramp at ogg to perform a preflight walk around. The current procedure is to have an agent open the door going out and a ramper going back up. With both the gate and ramp understaffed by cuts; they do not have enough time to assist the pilots in a timely manner. This results in unsafe interruptions to preflight duties for pilots. On my last trip; my cockpit set up was interrupted because the agent wasn't available to open the door earlier. If I had waited to start my set up until after my walk around; it would have resulted in a departure delay. The only other domestic airport that requires a second person to open the door to the ramp is jfk and they have a dedicated security person that waits at the door for pilots. The situation at ogg needs to be corrected to avoid an omission related accident or incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An air carrier pilot reported that flight crews operating out of OGG must wait for ground personnel to open access doors for them to perform preflights and other duties on the aircraft in preparation for departure.
Narrative: There is no longer an acceptable way for pilots to reach the ramp at OGG to perform a preflight walk around. The current procedure is to have an agent open the door going out and a ramper going back up. With both the gate and ramp understaffed by cuts; they do not have enough time to assist the pilots in a timely manner. This results in unsafe interruptions to preflight duties for pilots. On my last trip; my cockpit set up was interrupted because the agent wasn't available to open the door earlier. If I had waited to start my set up until after my walk around; it would have resulted in a departure delay. The only other domestic airport that requires a second person to open the door to the ramp is JFK and they have a dedicated security person that waits at the door for pilots. The situation at OGG needs to be corrected to avoid an omission related accident or incident.
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.