Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 95; Flight Crew Type 7914
Confusion; Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Ground Conflict; Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Procedure; Airport
BNA is in desperate need of a Ramp Controller. On this flight; we had four airplanes pushback simultaneously; unnecessarily crowding the alleyway. I wish I had paid closer attention to which gates had pushed; but we pushed; in essence; tail 'NW at a 45' from Gate XX; another aircraft pushed from the opposite side of the alley effectively blocking us in; and then two aircraft pushed off the end of the terminal effectively blocking the both of us in. All this while there was an aircraft waiting on the south side of the terminal trying to get into the alleyway. We are setting ourselves up for failure (late pushes; delayed departures) or worse yet; an incident or accident. And this was day VMC. Add a few additive conditions and we are in trouble.
Air carrier First Officer reported that four aircraft pushed back simultaneously; causing some of them to be blocked in the alley at BNA airport.