Originally Posted by
CrandallCrawler
At Southwest the captain gives an engine cut hand signal to the marshaller who then relays that signal to the gate crew before anyone walks into the safety zone, screw relying on looking at a beacon light. Sounds like that needs to be implemented at AA, on top of shutting down the #2 when you have an inop APU. its beyond me how you somehow don’t notice an engine running though and try to open the cargo hold door
It was #1, I don't think the 175 has a cargo door on the left side.
Personally I like the beacon... still controlled by the CA, cannot be misunderstood and everyone on the ramp can see it if they care to look. But no reason not to also have a hand signal to the marshaller, who then signals the rest of them. Beacon is a backup in case of misunderstanding.