An air carrier captain reported that drivers of ground vehicles at clt drive too aggressively and fa...

Narrative:

While attempting to park at the gate in clt I was cut-off by ground tugs and service equipment multiple times. I lost count after the 7th tug went by; but all of the tugs were close enough that they were within five feet of the aircraft and moving at well over the ramps recommended speed of five miles per hour. I notified ramp control as well as operations; but as usual absolutely nothing was done. While making the left turn to park at the gate; I had to stop the aircraft about four times to avoid being struck by ground equipment - two of the stops were violent enough that I had to call the flight attendant to make sure that nobody was injured. After the aircraft was stopped in the half turn; more tugs crossed in front of the aircraft. After finally being parked I attempted to find a ramp supervisor to speak with regarding this issue but could not.the tugs and ground equipment that are driven in clt are driven by employees that don't stop to see if an aircraft is taxiing in; taxiing out; or stationary. Also; even if an aircraft is moving they still feel it is okay/safe to drive dangerously fast and close to it. The express ramp in clt is the only place these events occur. At every other terminal whenever an aircraft is being pushed or parked; all equipment on the service road stops until the aircraft is clear. Until that happens on the express ramp however these tugs will continue to cut off the aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier Captain reported that drivers of ground vehicles at CLT drive too aggressively and fail to respect the right of way of aircraft movement on the ramps.

Narrative: While attempting to park at the gate in CLT I was cut-off by ground tugs and service equipment multiple times. I lost count after the 7th tug went by; but all of the tugs were close enough that they were within five feet of the aircraft and moving at well over the ramps recommended speed of five miles per hour. I notified ramp control as well as operations; but as usual absolutely nothing was done. While making the left turn to park at the gate; I had to stop the aircraft about four times to avoid being struck by ground equipment - two of the stops were violent enough that I had to call the flight attendant to make sure that nobody was injured. After the aircraft was stopped in the half turn; more tugs crossed in front of the aircraft. After finally being parked I attempted to find a ramp supervisor to speak with regarding this issue but could not.The tugs and ground equipment that are driven in CLT are driven by employees that don't stop to see if an aircraft is taxiing in; taxiing out; or stationary. Also; even if an aircraft is moving they still feel it is okay/safe to drive dangerously fast and close to it. The express ramp in CLT is the only place these events occur. At every other terminal whenever an aircraft is being pushed or parked; all equipment on the service road stops until the aircraft is clear. Until that happens on the express ramp however these tugs will continue to cut off the aircraft.

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	963353
Time
Date	201108
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	CLT.Airport
State Reference	NC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Ground Event / Encounter Vehicle

An air carrier captain reported that drivers of ground vehicles at clt drive too aggressively and fail to respect the right of way of aircraft movement on the ramps.