hi,
I was surprised that the ramp agent was standing at the airplane and telling cockpit-crew: "ready for pushback" although the pusher hadn't even approached the airplane yet. In real, the truck drives up to the aircraft, the gear-pin is set, aircraft is lifted, for example, and when everything is ready, the ramp agent says: "we are ready for pushback". And as soon as the cockpit crew has received clearance from the ground controller, they are asked, for example, whether the brakes can be released, etc. What are your experiences?