Originally Posted by
NewYork1K
While it's not uncommon for the captain to come on to ask people to stay seated if we're not fully marshaled into the gate, this was the first time in hundreds of thousands of miles with UA to be asked to stay seated while on the blocks. Anyone know why this could have happened?
Lol, actually the term is "in the chocks". The pieces of wood that are painted yellow and about a foot and a half long are called chocks. I can't address the tipping issue, though, even though I have been a 737 capt, it was only on the -800....never saw anything in the manual about such a thing.