Here is something to keep you occupied for the rest of the day. The jet-setting Ghost of a flea posted this back in June, but I only just realised its training possibilities now.
The video cast is a mix of flight attendants (in blue) and ramp marshallers (in white, with batons). Some of the marshalling signals are valid (although the vast majority are not). Have a look at the Marshalling Signals as depicted by AIR 1.8 of the Transport Canada Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM); see if you can identify the valid signals and time in the video at which they occur. The ramp marshalling starts at 00:52.
So far I have spotted the obvious “stop” (1:07) and a very quick “land” (1:01). Also possibly an “open/close stairs” (2:23).
I don’t know what’s going on at 2:20 but it might be loosely interpreted as “engine fire”.
Chris is most often found flying a desk, but he delights in studying the Golden Age of Aviation (1919-1939). He admires all the pioneering men and women who navigated the skies with nothing more sophisticated than a map, compass and sextant—and the conviction that there was no place they could not reach.
