Question for the Captains on here.

First, if there is any doubt, stop. Second, the problem is many pilots do not follow the marshaller's signals and many marshallers do not know how to properly signal. Given that, follow the marshaller until it becomes obvious you are departing the safe zone and then stop.

This has been posted before I think...

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ASpilot2be said:
On our gate at work the planes have to come in straight towards the terminal then make a sharp right turn to line up with the gate(picture below). Some Captains seem to do what they feel like to line up with the gate.

Today at work one Captain went right past the lead in line then make a hard to to pull in straight to the gate. It caught me off guard and made me hustle to get out of the way.

Do you usually go between the wing walkers, or will you do something different?

Below is a picture of what I am talking about. The yellow is the lead in line, and red is the travel on the aircraft.
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All else fails, follow the yellow line.

If the Captain in question REALLY cut it that short, it was likely because follow the first part of the yellow line straight in from the angle the airplane approached from was impractical to the turning radius of the airplane.

The Captain was compensating for a tightly angled approach to the lead in line.

That being said, if they came in that tight, that was their fault, and they should have left themselves room to make that first 90 degree turn to a normal taxi in.

Pilots unfamiliar with specialized parking spaces like that frequently find themselves having to improvise.

Rampers can help by offering guidance that "hands off" to another marshaller from a point where that turn is possible, and so the pilots understand what they're really looking at.

Once again, proving that pilots could never do the job as well as we're supposed to without the support from our ground teams.

Keep up the good work. :)
 
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