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Ramp agents work in a hazardous environment, and receive annual training on safety and proper ways to work in an airport environment. Training is often provided by the particular company or airline, and in the United States usually involves mandatory training by the Federal Aviation Administration and the specific airport management.
A line tech attaches a tow bar to a small private jet. A line technician (commonly known as a line tech, line guy, gas jockey or ramp rat) is someone who works on an airport ramp at a fixed-base operator (FBO), a business that typically handles general aviation aircraft as opposed to commercial traffic.
The airport apron, apron, flight line, or ramp is the area of an airport where aircraft are parked, unloaded or loaded, refueled, boarded, or maintained. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Although the use of the apron is covered by regulations, such as lighting on vehicles, it is typically more accessible to users than the runway or taxiway .
Icelandair Boeing 757 being serviced by another airline; SAS at Gardermoen Airport A ground-handling tug pulls a British Airways Boeing 747-400 at Heathrow Airport, England Airbus A380-800 operated by Qatar Airways on apron outside Heathrow Terminal 4 with a wide range of ground handling equipments around such as aircraft container, pallet loader, ULD, jet air starter, belt loader, pushback ...
Time-lapse of ground support equipment in use at Osaka International Airport, Osaka, Japan. Ground support equipment (GSE) is the support equipment found at an airport, usually on the apron, the servicing area by the terminal.
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An ICE agent monitors hundreds of asylum seekers being processed on June 6, 2023, in New York City. ... ICE’s budget shortfall may mean Donald Trump would have to delay his plans to boost the ...
A long exposure of a United States Navy Landing Signalman Enlisted (LSE) directing a SH-60F Sea Hawk to take off using marshalling wands. Despite efforts to standaridize aspects of aviation communication, such as terminology and language, hand signals used to guide aircraft on the ground still vary between various major organizations, such as the International Civil Aviation Organization [3 ...