Lightning - dangerous for some....
Four days back in GVA, a string of thunderstorms transited overhead the field. Lightning strikes very adjacent to and possibly on the field occured.
The airport ruled that the use of headsets by groundstaff would be forbidden during the predicted time of storm activity. (due to discharge risk)
So far so good - however, the refuellers were hard at work and looked strange when
asked to stop refueling for a while: "we've got other customers waiting..."
Two points here - firstly excellent radio mic-tel socket to headset connections are available and in continuous use in Japan for instance - eliminating the discharge risk - secondly despite a good search on and off the web, I have been unable to turn up rules or recommendations about fueling in thunderstorms. Anyone got relevant info or comments to back up my nagging memory?