B737-700
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 190
Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness; Training / Qualification
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Person / Animal / Bird
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
While being marshalled into the gate; the Ramper with the ground power service cord was standing under the jetway. When I was almost even with the engine run-up markings; he walked in front of the aircraft in order to stand on the other side of the Safety Zone so that he could plug in the ground power service cord. I had to stop the taxi and wait until he cleared the Safety Zone. During the pushback; when leaving; the Ramper driving the tug informed me that he was the Ramper that walked through the Safety Zone. When I asked him why he did that; he said that the aircraft was not deep into the Safety Zone and that they could walk through the Zone even if the aircraft was taxiing in the Zone. Ramper in Safety Zone while aircraft was taxiing. Train the rampers to stay out of the Safety Zone while an aircraft is moving in the Zone.
A pilot reports he had to stop his taxi while being marshalled into a gate because a Ramp Agent with an external ground power cord had crossed through a Safety Zone in front of their B737-700 aircraft; so he could plug in a power cord.