GlueBall - Thanks, you've made my day
AV8 -
aircrew is calling for push and a controller is looking at a monitor and saying, "you're not ready to push. You've still got a door open (etc)?" Who the hell has time for this game?
I've got time for this game if it means not getting a backlog of aircraft trying to get into a cul-de-sac while waiting for someone to push who isn't actually going to for 3-4 minutes. As a result, I'd have other aircraft on circuitous routings to avoid the traffic jam adding to my workload.
For sure I'll count myself among those who will ask a pilot to call when he's
really ready if I can see lots of activity still going on around the aircraft - but only if waiting for him is actually going to have an effect on traffic flow. If his pushback isn't going to conflict with anything else then ride out the wait for a few minutes and see how it goes.
As for comparing fire with pushbacks - well, apples and potatos spring to mind. Totally different scenarios with no common ground. If they call for push and I can see there's not even a tug connected then I
know he can't be ready. If he says he's on fire, there's no way I can
know that what he's saying is wrong - nor would I assume I knew better.
Hopefully this thread will serve the purpose I had originally intended for it. To highlight to aircrew the knock-on effect of their actions - and maybe we can work together to keep things "on the rails".
