Originally Posted by
750XL
Looks to me they were possibly manoeuvring the aircraft a little bit by hand rather than using a tug? Hence the lack of chocks, 6+ people surrounding the aircraft etc.
It will come out in the wash. It was on a remote stand as as David has pointed out where a tug would not be required to see off the aircraft. One doesn't push to manouver a 20 tonne airframe unless as a last resort. Chocks should only be removed when the aircraft is ready to be moved or for engineering reasons as aircraft jacking for a wheel change or a maintenance proceedure. Here ends the CRM / HF lesson for today.