Regional Jet CL65; Undifferentiated or Other Model
Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Human Factors; Procedure
While waiting to dock the jet bridge onto an inbound flight; I observed the Main Cabin airstairs drop open immediately after the aircraft stopped. No chocked signal had been given to the crew prior to this. The airstairs had dropped onto a wheel chock and the Flight Attendant had to raise the airstairs back up so the ramp person could retrieve the chock and place at the nose gear. This was a close call in that the airstairs could have struck the ramp person retrieving the chocks.
A ramp employee observed the cabin door of a Regional Jet open prior to any coordination; landing on a wheel chock.