After pushback from the gate the flight crew of an A321 noted a B737 taxiing without regard for the ...

Attributes
ACN	943662
Time
Date	201104
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A321
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
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)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

[I was] cleared to pushback. Aircraft was situated nose east on juliet with aircraft nose on centerline of juliet and K-3 yellow taxi lines. (Pushback crew advised they could not push us further west on juliet due to traffic.) as pushback crew was detaching from aircraft; a B737 that had been holding short of K-3 on kilo decided to enter the ramp. As there was not enough clearance with us essentially blocking access to juliet; the B737 had to taxi between the yellow taxi line and taxiway edge. The left wingtip came dangerously close to our aircraft and overhead of the pushback crew and tug. I fully understand the need for on time performance but safety must still be the priority.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After pushback from the gate the flight crew of an A321 noted a B737 taxiing without regard for the cramped ramp and endangering their pushback crew and aircraft.

Narrative: [I was] cleared to pushback. Aircraft was situated nose east on Juliet with aircraft nose on centerline of Juliet and K-3 yellow taxi lines. (Pushback crew advised they could not push us further west on Juliet due to traffic.) As pushback crew was detaching from aircraft; a B737 that had been holding short of K-3 on Kilo decided to enter the ramp. As there was not enough clearance with us essentially blocking access to Juliet; the B737 had to taxi between the yellow taxi line and taxiway edge. The left wingtip came dangerously close to our aircraft and overhead of the pushback crew and tug. I fully understand the need for on time performance but safety must still be the priority.

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.