MARSHALLING AND PARKING OF AIRCRAFT

1 APPLICATION

1.1 This section applies to all aircraft operating at aerodromes established under the Air Navigation Regulations 1947, aerodromes licensed or authorised under the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988, and Department of Defence aerodromes in respect of which an arrangement under section 20 of the Civil Aviation Act 1988 is in force.

2 RESPONSIBILITY FOR MARSHALLING AND PARKING AIRCRAFT

2.1 An operator is responsible for marshalling and parking of the operator’s aircraft on an aerodrome.

2.2 An operator must ensure that any person designated for marshalling and parking duties uses the standard hand signals set out in Appendix I.

3 PARKING AREAS

3.1 The aerodrome licence-holder or proprietor, as the case requires, is responsible for designating parking areas on an aerodrome.

3.2 A person must not park an aircraft outside the areas designated in accordance with subparagraph 3.1 without permission of the aerodrome licence-holder or proprietor, as the case may be.

4 STANDARD HAND SIGNALS

4.1 The hand signals set out in Appendix I have the meanings indicated in that Appendix.

4.2 These signals are to be given as required by persons involved in the parking of aircraft.

4.3 Pilots in command of aircraft are to comply with all signals so given except where a pilot in command of an aircraft considers that to do so would jeopardise the safety of the aircraft or of its passengers or of persons or property on the ground.