B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250; Flight Crew Total 24000; Flight Crew Type 7000
Human-Machine Interface
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem
Aircraft; Human Factors
This is the third time this has happened. All 3 times I got back into the seat an hour before landing and put my earpiece in and don't see the hand mic hanging on the worktable light so when doing the 90 degree turn into the gate the tiller jammed on top of the mic causing me to put the brakes on; stop; release tiller pressure and remove the mic. What's interesting is that I briefed the crew this scenario 50 hours before. Most pilots hang the hand mic on the window latch or the MAP light so it's in my field of view and I replace it back to proper hook which no one uses because it's out of the way. I made a mistake in not checking and I just realized that if the Relief Pilot in the right seat leaves the mic on that WORKTABLE light it will probably jam on a right tiller turn.
A B777 Captain reported that; on three occasions; relief pilots had hung hand held microphones from the worktable light where they impinged on the nose wheel steering tiller while maneuvering into the gate after landing.