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A B757-200 captain had to brake abruptly while maneuvering to park when a tug passed closely in front of the moving aircraft with the driver making an obscene gesture rather than stopping as required.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 921763 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201011 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ORD.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| 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 150 Flight Crew Total 24000 Flight Crew Type 2000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Vehicle |
Narrative:
Parked parallel with terminal waiting; as always; for a guideman. When the guideman arrived he turned on lights and I pushed up power to make the 90 degree turn into the gate. Out of my left eye here comes a ramper on a tug headed straight toward left engine in the roadway. Instead of stopping he swerves out to the left around left engine and nosewheel; out of roadway and passes in front of aircraft as we come to abrupt halt. He continues on in the distance with his middle finger up in the air for all the passengers to observe; both in the terminal and the aircraft. This is not the first time I have filed a report on this type of activity on the ramp at ord.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 Captain had to brake abruptly while maneuvering to park when a tug passed closely in front of the moving aircraft with the driver making an obscene gesture rather than stopping as required.
Narrative: Parked parallel with terminal waiting; as always; for a guideman. When the guideman arrived he turned on lights and I pushed up power to make the 90 degree turn into the gate. Out of my left eye here comes a ramper on a tug headed straight toward left engine in the roadway. Instead of stopping he swerves out to the left around left engine and nosewheel; out of roadway and passes in front of aircraft as we come to abrupt halt. He continues on in the distance with his middle finger up in the air for all the passengers to observe; both in the terminal and the aircraft. This is not the first time I have filed a report on this type of activity on the ramp at ORD.
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.