muduckace - "Bottom line at any operator is a pilot should not release breaks until he has verbal or hand signal confirmation that chocks are in place. Mis-communication or a blatant screw up I am sure it will remain an internal matter for AA. "
Brakes were not released. Obviously no chocks(SOP at self parking gates). SOP in that there is no requirement for a ground crew to be present, ergo no chocks.
No mis-communication or blatant screw up except for the managers that bought off on 'self parking' without a requirement for ground crew to chock the a/c.
Last edited by misd-agin; 27th Jun 2010 at 19:25.
Reason: added sentence