B737-800
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
General None Reported / Taken
Procedure
[B737-800] was instructed to push to spot X. Prior to that another 737-800 was instructed to push to spot YY which is just in front of spot X on the north side of ZZZ Airport. There was no aircraft coming in which would give a reason to leave spot Z and spot YZ open. The push crew for [the first aircraft] had to stand in the jet blast of [the second flight] as they disconnected the tow bar. Even if there was an operational need this is still not safe. I believe that spots YZ and YY were put there for wide body aircraft and not for Control to use randomly. This is not the first time this has happened.
Air carrier ramp employee reported the push back crew for a B737-800 was subjected to jet blast from another B737-800 when the two aircraft were directed to adjacent ramp spots. Reporter suggested Ramp Control should give more consideration to ramp safety when they assign ramp spots for push back and tow bar disconnect operations.