An air carrier crew did not call mke ground control after receiving push back clearance from ramp co...

Attributes
ACN	870645
Time
Date	201001
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	MKE.Airport
State Reference	WI
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 14000 Flight Crew Type 5000
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 175 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 2600
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Incursion Taxiway

Narrative:

Ground push-back from gate commenced with clearance from only one of two entities in fine print on airport chart. Due to division of tasks/workload between captain/first officer in the cockpit; poor non-typical and somewhat convoluted signage. Procedures annotated in fine print on the commercial chart; along with dealing with a new airport location; an aircraft swap and running late; a communication error was made between crew members and ramp/ground control; to where a potential conflict could have occurred. Captain was communicating with the ground crew and flight attendants; while first officer was communicating with ATC and running the checklist. Captain was assured a push clearance had been obtained; and push was commenced. However; only ramp control had given a clearance and not ground control as well. No harm done; but issue could be avoided perhaps in the future if there was some better signage on the gates stating that clearance must be received from both ramp and ground. Also better notes in bolder print be placed on the main airport diagram page of the commercial charts stating this requirement. Also perhaps overlap the cockpit tasking when it comes to getting push clearances so there are no communication errors.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Air Carrier crew did not call MKE Ground Control after receiving push back clearance from Ramp Control at one of the terminal gates requiring dual push back clearances.

Narrative: Ground push-back from gate commenced with clearance from only one of two entities in fine print on airport chart. Due to division of tasks/workload between Captain/First officer in the cockpit; poor non-typical and somewhat convoluted signage. Procedures annotated in fine print on the commercial chart; along with dealing with a new airport location; an aircraft swap and running late; a communication error was made between crew members and Ramp/Ground Control; to where a potential conflict could have occurred. Captain was communicating with the Ground Crew and Flight Attendants; while First Officer was communicating with ATC and running the checklist. Captain was assured a push clearance had been obtained; and push was commenced. However; only Ramp Control had given a clearance and not Ground Control as well. No harm done; but issue could be avoided perhaps in the future if there was some better signage on the gates stating that clearance must be received from both Ramp and Ground. Also better notes in bolder print be placed on the main airport diagram page of the commercial charts stating this requirement. Also perhaps overlap the cockpit tasking when it comes to getting push clearances so there are no communication errors.

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.

An air carrier crew did not call mke ground control after receiving push back clearance from ramp control at one of the terminal gates requiring dual push back clearances.