2000-02 · NASA ASRS report 464040
MD80 CREW HAD PROBS WITH THE GND MARSHALLER AT LGA.
EVERY TIME I GET TO LGA THE PROB GETS WORSE. UPON ARR AT THE GATE; THE GUIDEMAN AND WING WALKERS ARE NOT READY FOR OUR ARR. WHEN THE ACFT WAS FINALLY PARKED I SIGNALED THE GUIDEMAN BY FLASHING THE NOSE LIGHTS 3 TIMES. HE IGNORED ME AND WALKED OVER TO THE WINDOW. I ASKED HIM TO COME UP TO THE COCKPIT AND HE JUST WALKED AWAY WITH A HAND GESTURE. THIS IS GETTING VERY OLD TO SAY THE LEAST. I WALKED DOWNSTAIRS TO CHAT WITH HIM AND THE OTHER GND CREW MEMBERS DID WHAT THEY COULD TO STOP ME FROM FINDING THE LEAD GUIDEMAN. ONCE THE GUIDEMAN WAS FOUND I ASKED HIM WHAT 3 FLASHES OF THE NOSE LIGHT MEANT AND HE SAID HE DID NOT KNOW AND WHAT THE PROB WAS. HE WAS TOLD THAT ALL CREW PEOPLE NEEDED WANDS AND THAT IS WHEN HE ASKED WHO THE HELL I WAS TO QUESTION HOW HE BROUGHT AN ACFT TO THE GATE. HIS VOICE WAS RAISED IN A THREATENING MANNER AND THAT IS WHEN I WALKED AWAY. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR FROM ANYONE AND I HOPE TO HEAR WHAT ACR AIRLINES HAS PLANNED TO CORRECT THIS FLAGRANT DISREGARD OF CAPT'S AUTH.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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