An A320 captain reported multiple transgressions of the gate parking safety zone by ground vehicles ...

Narrative:

I was required to make three separate full stops while parking. While the marshaller stood oblivious to his surroundings; no less that three different vehicles drove through the safety zone while I was moving in it. A tug pulled several carts in my blind spot forward of the left wing. Another tug actually pulled a wheelie and drove straight at the aircraft from directly in front of me. A third tug pulling a small white trailer drove across the nose of the box as I approached the stop point. None of this seemed to have any effect on the parking system green light. 'What's the problem' was the expression on his face. The ramp is out of control. There is absolutely no discipline on the part of the rampers. Actually; I don't think that they are violating the safety procedures; it seems that they are completely unaware of them. This is not an exceptional occurrence. I have vehicles move through the parking safety zone at least several times a week. These vehicles include the ramp safety supervisor's van.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 Captain reported multiple transgressions of the gate parking safety zone by ground vehicles while being electronically marshalled by an apparently oblivious ground crewperson. Stated such transgressions are frequent in his experience.

Narrative: I was required to make three separate full stops while parking. While the Marshaller stood oblivious to his surroundings; no less that three different vehicles drove through the safety zone while I was moving in it. A tug pulled several carts in my blind spot forward of the left wing. Another tug actually pulled a wheelie and drove straight at the aircraft from directly in front of me. A third tug pulling a small white trailer drove across the nose of the box as I approached the stop point. None of this seemed to have any effect on the parking system green light. 'What's the problem' was the expression on his face. The ramp is out of control. There is absolutely NO DISCIPLINE on the part of the rampers. Actually; I don't think that they are violating the safety procedures; it seems that they are completely unaware of them. This is not an exceptional occurrence. I have vehicles move through the parking safety zone AT LEAST several times a week. These vehicles include the RAMP SAFETY Supervisor's van.

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	854822
Time
Date	200910
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 210 Flight Crew Total 22500 Flight Crew Type 5200
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

An A320 captain reported multiple transgressions of the gate parking safety zone by ground vehicles while being electronically marshalled by an apparently oblivious ground crewperson. Stated such transgressions are frequent in his experience.