Saint James Infirmary #959: “Passenger List”

[Daphne]

Script: Daphne • Inks: Plutonian Knight • Colors and Lettering: Octavia Moon

[lifmcs]

The marshaller is telling them to... not land? Interesting... and rather ominous.

[macavity]

The marshaller is telling them to... not land? Interesting... and rather ominous.

Actuall, I think that's ICAO standard for STOP

[lifmcs]

Indeed, however, considering the plane isn't even on the ground...

Edit: Of course, it may just be stylistic foreshortening of time and I'm over-analyzing things~

[macavity]

I always thought that the wave off looked rather like wing flapping and didn't end up with crossed arms. Anyway, I guess we will see soon enough!

[lifmcs]

I was definitely conflating the far more pervasive marshalling ground crews with the landing officers on carriers, presumably from movies and stuff I've seen in the past. I couldn't find a wave off signal when I looked up marshalling, because the exact term wasn't coming to me, but it seems I wasn't completely crazy. The lack of apparent motion does call my interpretation into question though. And now that we're good and properly far afield... only midnight PDT can salvage this tangent.

[laguna85]

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[Technophyle]

Indeed, however, considering the plane isn't even on the ground...

Edit: Of course, it may just be stylistic foreshortening of time and I'm over-analyzing things~

You are. Among other things, to wave off a plane either the ground crew is standing on the runway, which is sub-optimal, or the aircraft is trying to land in the parking area...which is even more sub-optimal.

[lifmcs]

Yes, obviously not a normal procedure at your local airport by any means. I can imagine story scenarios in which such an occurrence might make a modicum of sense, but they weren't relevant in the end. Not that I was putting much stock in them to begin with.

[hypnosss]

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