TUG DRIVER TOWS ACFT TO THE WRONG LOCATION IN VIOLATION OF GND CTLR CLRNC.

Date: 1993-12 · Aircraft: Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer · Phase: ground

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance

Synopsis

TUG DRIVER TOWS ACFT TO THE WRONG LOCATION IN VIOLATION OF GND CTLR CLRNC.

Narrative

AFTER RECEIVING PUSHBACK CLRNC FROM GND; WHO ALSO WANTED US TO PUSH BACK DEEP IN THE VALLEY; I ADVISED OUR PUSHBACK DRIVER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOPS THAT WE WERE CLRED TO PUSH DEEP INTO THE ALLEY. THE TUG DRIVER ADVISED ME THAT HE COULDN'T SEE ANY REASON TO DO THAT AND THAT THERE WERE NO INBOUND ACFT THAT HE COULD SEE. I INFORMED HIM THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHY BUT THAT HE WANTED US TO PUSH DEEP INTO THE ALLEY. I ALSO SAID WE WOULD ASK GND IF THERE WAS ANOTHER ACFT WE WERE HOLDING FOR. MSP GND CTL WAS EXTREMELY BUSY SO WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ASK AND IT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE. THE TUG DRIVER THEN PROCEEDED TO PULL THE ACFT FORWARD INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING MY DIRECTION TO PUSH BACK DEEP IN THE ALLEY. HE THEN INFORMED ME THAT HE DIDN'T SEE ANY REASON TO DO THIS AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO PULL US FORWARD. I THEN TOLD MY FO TO CALL GND AND TELL THEM WE WERE BEING TOWED TO THE FRONT PART OF THE ALLEY. ONCE AGAIN GND WAS EXTREMELY BUSY SO WE WERE UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH MSP GND CTL. I ALSO ATTEMPTED AGAIN TO TRY TO PERSUADE THE TUG DRIVER TO PUSH US DEEP IN THE ALLEY; HE IGNORED MY REQUEST. ONCE WE WERE IN THE FRONT PART OF THE ALLEY; MSP GND CTL INFORMED US THAT HE WANTED US TO PUSH DEEP IN THE ALLEY FOR THE COMPANY ACFT THAT WAS NOW APCHING OFF OUR L AND THAT WE SHOULD AT LEAST MOVE TO THE R TO ALLOW HIM TO GET BY. ONCE AGAIN WE TRIED TO NO AVAIL TO COMMUNICATE WITH MSP GND DUE TO CONGESTION ON THE FREQ. WHEN WE WERE STOPPED; I AGAIN RELAYED MY DISPLEASURE TO THE TUG DRIVER; AND TOLD HIM THAT WE COULD BE VIOLATED FOR NOT FOLLOWING ND CTL'S DIRECTION. HE THEN TOLD ME HE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PUSH US BACK INTO THE ALLEY. MY RESPONSE WAS THAT IT WAS A LITTLE LATE NOW. ON TAXI OUT WE WERE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO MSP GND WHY WE WERE NOT ABLE TO COMPLY WITH HIS INSTRUCTIONS. MSP GND ADVISED US THERE WAS NO PROB AND APPRECIATED OUR EXPLANATION. OUR CHIEF PLT'S OFFICE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED SO I EXPECT SOME ACTION AGAINST THE TUG DRIVER.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.