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A319 captain laments the new push back phraseology and that ground crews may not understand that announcing 'ready for push back' is a clearance for the captain to release the brakes and report.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 977654 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201110 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| 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 240 Flight Crew Total 11000 Flight Crew Type 1300 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
On second flight of day I questioned the pushback crew if he was using the new phraseology of 'ready to push' with captain's response 'cleared to push; brakes released.' he said 'oh yea there is a card here let me read it.' I briefed him thoroughly on the new 'implied' release of brakes with his ready to push call and we executed the push. Third flight of the day (we are batting 1;000); I asked the push crew if he knew about the new pushback terminology and implied permission to release brakes. He said he did not know anything about it. I said okay let's use the old terminology and procedure. We executed the push without incident. During each push the 'marshalers' executed the new hand and wand signals perfectly and professionally. What is missing in the training is probably the most important; with respect to safety. The crews have not been trained on the 'implied' brake release permission.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 Captain laments the new push back phraseology and that ground crews may not understand that announcing 'ready for push back' is a clearance for the Captain to release the brakes and report.
Narrative: On second flight of day I questioned the pushback crew if he was using the new phraseology of 'ready to push' with Captain's response 'cleared to push; brakes released.' He said 'oh yea there is a card here let me read it.' I briefed him thoroughly on the new 'implied' release of brakes with his ready to push call and we executed the push. Third flight of the day (we are batting 1;000); I asked the push crew if he knew about the new pushback terminology and implied permission to release brakes. He said he did not know anything about it. I said okay let's use the old terminology and procedure. We executed the push without incident. During each push the 'marshalers' executed the new hand and wand signals perfectly and professionally. What is missing in the training is probably the most important; with respect to safety. The crews have not been trained on the 'implied' brake release permission.
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.