Originally Posted by
JayDee
Really? Wanna try to do something without the ramp or gates approval... You cant start an engine till they tell you... You can move till they allow it. You can board until they allow it... I would call that control my friend. Sure the Capt. still has the cockpit. But thats bout it. If they so wanted to, they could keep the flight crew corraled on the plane... and only allow the FO on the active ramp to do his walk...
Im not starting a fight here. Besides its not about I and you... Its about we... the team is what gets the job done, not jsut one or the other.
Yeah, doesn't work like that.
I think the argument is who has legitimate control. The airplane "belongs" to the captain. Enough said. Can the gate agent prevent the flight by never allowing boarding? Of course. Can the ramp prevent the flight by not commencing pushback? Sure. But is this legitimate control? Not at all. It's overstepping their authority.