What guide a plane to follow the yellow line and park and stop so exactly at the aerobridge? Is it an electronic instrument or just a pointer on the cockpit window of the plane?
2006-11-30 11:47:06 · 3 answers · asked by love_it_all 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
there are ground personal directing as well as a bar that is swung in front of the winshield that the pilot stops at when it touches the window
2006-11-30 11:51:34 · answer #1 · answered by doug b 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
aircraft cockpits are so high that the pilot is not able to see the groud very clearly, for this reason, they have personnel to guide the plane in and park it exactly where the bridge (more accurately called a jetway) needs to be, there is also lettering on the ground where the front wheel of the plane should stop, this is also to help the ground crew guide the plane. its a wonder how they follow the yellow lines so accurately eh? just kidding...
2006-11-30 12:03:37 · answer #2 · answered by mcdonaldcj 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On the taxi way, you ride the yellow line. The flight crew gets use to driving their plane on the taxi ways just as you do your car on the road.... Aviation and training... At the jetway, each company flies a certain amount of different aircraft types(southwest excluded.. 737 fleet). Each flight coming in has that aircraft type on its manifest, which then lets the ground crew know which box to stop the nose landing gear in, so the forward passenger door will be in the area that the jetway can extend out to receive offloading passengers. That is done by marshaling (hand movements that are universal to all flight crews) signals from the ramp rats.
No instruments are used what so ever.
2006-11-30 12:17:49 · answer #3 · answered by dontblamemeivoted 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋