The airfield I used to work at changed the rules in the last year, from passive to active marshalling. In other words, the marshaller is required to make the lead-in turn signal without exception, whatever the weather, day or night. This edict came from the airport standards department whose staff,
AFAIK, do not have anyone with marshalling experience among them but see fit to tell external agencies how to do their job! Anyway, the snag is that, on some of the remote stands, the lead-in lines are variously angled or curved and are sufficiently far from the head of the stands that they can not be seen by any marshaller under ten feet tall, particularly at night. There are no green lights or reflective studs. How can an average height marshaller provide guidance there?