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Old 10-06-2012, 06:56 PM   #1
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....directs planes on the tarmac? Watching Wipeout with my 6 yr old and one of the hosts was dressed up as one. She asked and I have no clue.
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Old 10-06-2012, 07:03 PM   #2
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Pancake?
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Old 10-06-2012, 07:06 PM   #3
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A marshaller is what i think you looking for.
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Old 10-06-2012, 07:07 PM   #4
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Aircraft Marshall. Or ground controller.
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Old 10-06-2012, 07:10 PM   #5
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Aircraft Marshall. Or ground controller.
Pshh....I think mine is more correct.
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Aircraft Marshall. Or ground controller.
yup its ground controler. my dad did that for several years at 2 diff airports for northwest airlines
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Pancake?
I was going to say Chum or Ground Beef
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Dude with the orange glow sticks for the layman.
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Old 10-06-2012, 08:10 PM   #9
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Dude with the orange glow sticks for the layman.
I thought they loaded the luggage on the plane?
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I thought they loaded the luggage on the plane?
I thought those were the dudes with the gloves?
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I thought they loaded the luggage on the plane?
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I thought those were the dudes with the gloves?
the ground crew does everything from clean the planes, loads the bagage, backs the planes to the taxi way and directs the planes to the gate
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So you're saying dudes with gloves also have orange glow sticks?
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I thought they loaded the luggage on the plane?
Those are the throwers.
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So you're saying dudes with gloves also have orange glow sticks?
yup what they do changes every day
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That's good. Curbs the monotony.
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Old 10-06-2012, 09:00 PM   #16
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So who drives the luggage belt trucks? The guys with the ear defenders?
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Old 10-07-2012, 10:42 AM   #17
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In the Marines they were called Plane Captains.
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We call them taximan.
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So who drives the luggage belt trucks? The guys with the ear defenders?
They call those guys "luggage smashers"...
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They call those guys "luggage smashers"...
I thought it was bag chuckers?
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