Important features:
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During the day under low light,
fog, or cloud cover or rain, wands will illuminate due to uv light coming thru
the clouds. Out of the box, they absorb the suns rays.
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If dropped, the handle will make
the wands move in a circle, not slide down the ramp.
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Constructed out of 2000 psi
polycarbonate plastic which is virtually unbreakable.
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Cockpit windows are tinted
red to deflect the suns rays. The green
color of the wands, on the other side of the color spectrum, makes them very
visible.
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The wand’s green color is unique to the ramp area, allowing pilots
to very easily distinguish this as a color dedicated to parking the airplanes.
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During the nighttime ops the wands
have an aura which makes them look larger than they really are.
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Red taillights from the vehicles,
headlights from all the equipment, and high intensity light on the ramps or very
little lighting all hinder the pilots ability to see the marshaller and to
determine which light should be followed into the gate for parking.
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The box hangs on the jet way for
easy access to the wands, goggles, and tow bar pins.
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Marshalling pictures on front of
the box help ground support people always have the emergency signs for brake
fires and all other signs available review each time they use the
wands. This helps to standardize
the industry by having every marshaller have the same signals to every pilot.
v Wands will always be ready to park
an airplane in any type of weather - day or night.
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