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Directed to a gate which required two marshallers for guidance on the 'dogleg' track; an A320 was met by a single marshaller who moved from the first lead in position to the next in order to park the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 867687 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201001 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SFO.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 11640 Flight Crew Type 870 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
As we approached our gate; a 'dogleg' entry; the first guideman was in position and we followed signals to the turn point. He signaled to second guideman position where no one was placed. First guideman then walked over to that position and eventually lead us in to parking position. This gate is not a single guideman gate and this required me to stop the airplane mid turn or continue without guidance until initial man could walk over. This is not a safe situation and needs to be corrected. I have now twice experienced this at this gate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Directed to a gate which required two marshallers for guidance on the 'dogleg' track; an A320 was met by a single marshaller who moved from the first lead in position to the next in order to park the aircraft.
Narrative: As we approached our gate; a 'DOGLEG' entry; the first guideman was in position and we followed signals to the turn point. He signaled to second guideman position where no one was placed. First guideman then walked over to that position and eventually lead us in to parking position. This gate is not a single guideman gate and this required me to stop the airplane mid turn or continue without guidance until initial man could walk over. This is not a safe situation and needs to be corrected. I have now twice experienced this at this gate.
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.