B737-700
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 492
Situational Awareness
Ground Event / Encounter FOD
General None Reported / Taken
Airport; Human Factors
The concrete in BWI Gate #XX safety zone in the vicinity of the #2 engine 'Stay Clear' zone is still breaking up badly. There is loose gravel and chunks of concrete in and around the #2 engine 'Stay Clear' zone. This situation was reported in a company report several weeks ago; but the situation is just as bad; or worse; than it was when the situation was first reported. The area that is breaking up appears to be long rectangular area that runs from the front of the safety zone to the rear of the safety zone. This rectangular area appears to be an area which was cut out and then patched with concrete. The concrete in this rectangular area continues to break up allowing Foreign Object Debris (FOD) to accumulate in the safety zone. Also; other FOD is accumulating in the holes left in the concrete. If a proper FOD walkdown was being done before each aircraft arrival; how could this situation go unnoticed?Our Station Manager needs to have situational awareness of the material condition of the flight line; specifically the aircraft safety zones. If concrete is breaking up leaving gravel FOD and concrete FOD in the safety zone; it is something that should not go unnoticed for hours; days; weeks; and months.
A B737-700 Captain expressed his dismay that his initial report; several weeks previously; of broken ramp concrete FOD in the stay clear zone of the right engine at a company gate at BWI failed to elicit a satisfactory response and repair.