As a poster said a few back, what is this thread even about?
Does anyone have the R/T recording? - No one here does.
Does anyone know the actual sequence of events? - No one here has evidence
Does anyone know if the ground crew even told the F/D, yes sir we've pushed you too far, please don't move? - Sounds like answer is NO, if another company was the one to report to ATC that they were stuck!
Maybe we should wait for a few more facts, rather than beating each other up on what we would/would not have done. Its all academic
That makes no sense at all.
The only possible reason for a captain to even contemplate powering the aircraft back off the grass onto the taxiway would be that he/she intended to go flying.
If I had been a passenger on board during that manoeuvre, I'd have been heading for the exit PDQ.
Have you considered that the captain actually hadn't got a clue he'd been pushed into the grass? In the absence of such knowledge, he would simply assume he is on the pavement still and hence the call for taxi
why are we all so quick to judge, save it for the facts that come out. Right now there aren't many