A B737-500 CREW WAS BEING PUSHED BACK FROM THE GATE IN DFW BY A TRAINEE TUG DRIVER WHO FAILED TO FOLLOW PROPER PROCS.

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DURING PUSHBACK AT DFW I COULD TELL WE HAD A NEW PERSON PUSHING THE AIRPLANE AS I COULD HEAR HER BEING COACHED ON WHAT TO SAY; ETC. ALL APPEARED NORMAL ALTHOUGH EXTREMELY SLOW ON THE PUSHBACK AND THE PUSHBACK PERSON WAS CLRLY NOT UNDERSTANDING ME OR THE PERSON COACHING HER. I THEN HEARD SCREAMING TO THE POINT I ALMOST SHUT DOWN BOTH ENGS BECAUSE I THOUGHT SHE HAD EITHER BEEN RUN OVER OR WORSE SHE HAD SOMEHOW BEEN SUCKED INTO AN ENG! I CANNOT DESCRIBE THE HORRIBLE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS THAT WENT THROUGH MY MIND OTHER THAN TO SAY I THEN MADE VISUAL CONTACT WITH SOMEONE ON THE L SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE AND THEN HEARD WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY THAT THEY WERE DISCONNECTING THE TOW BAR. RECENTLY I SPOKE TO THE FAA ON MY JUMPSEAT AND HE DESCRIBED IN GREAT DETAIL ABOUT THE MECH WHO WENT THROUGH THE #2 ENG. THE SCREAM THAT I HEARD TODAY MADE ME WONDER DID I KILL SOMEONE OR DID SHE GET CRUSHED BECAUSE WE ARE TRAINING PEOPLE WHO OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING? THIS WAS THE MOST SCARED I HAVE BEEN AS A PLT IN NEARLY 30 YRS OF FLYING AIRPLANES. I WOULD LOVE TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL AS TO WHY THIS HAS HAPPENED; BUT SENIOR MANAGEMENT KNOWS ABOUT THE OUTSOURCING THAT IS GOING ON AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE KILLED; IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT HAPPENS AND I JUST PRAY THAT IT DOES NOT HAPPEN ON MY WATCH!