Narrative:

I taxied the aircraft to gate at phl and stopped short to wait for a marshaller. He arrived with unlighted wands and began directing me toward the parking spot. Airline general operating manual requires lighted wands during nighttime, so I did not move the aircraft. A fuel truck came around gate, drove in front of my airplane, swerved to the right then, to avoid hitting the jetway, swerved to left and continued sebound at an excessive rate of speed. Had I not followed company policy and moved the aircraft toward the gate, the fuel truck would have hit the aircraft. Lucky for us, the marshaller did not have lighted wands!

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CL65 FLT CREW REFUSED TO MOVE THE ACFT WHEN THE ACFT GUIDE MAN SHOWED UP WITH NON LIGHTED WANDS. IF THEY DIDN'T, A FUEL TRUCK WOULD HAVE HIT THEM.

Narrative: I TAXIED THE ACFT TO GATE AT PHL AND STOPPED SHORT TO WAIT FOR A MARSHALLER. HE ARRIVED WITH UNLIGHTED WANDS AND BEGAN DIRECTING ME TOWARD THE PARKING SPOT. AIRLINE GENERAL OPERATING MANUAL REQUIRES LIGHTED WANDS DURING NIGHTTIME, SO I DID NOT MOVE THE ACFT. A FUEL TRUCK CAME AROUND GATE, DROVE IN FRONT OF MY AIRPLANE, SWERVED TO THE R THEN, TO AVOID HITTING THE JETWAY, SWERVED TO L AND CONTINUED SEBOUND AT AN EXCESSIVE RATE OF SPD. HAD I NOT FOLLOWED COMPANY POLICY AND MOVED THE ACFT TOWARD THE GATE, THE FUEL TRUCK WOULD HAVE HIT THE ACFT. LUCKY FOR US, THE MARSHALLER DID NOT HAVE LIGHTED WANDS!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.