Airport Ground Crew: history and fun facts
Everything a curious kid might want to know about this job.
Did you know?
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Airport ground crew talk to pilots with hand signals and radios, so the whole team can work even when it is very noisy outside.
Through history
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Long ago
In the early days of flying, people loaded bags onto planes by hand, one at a time. Today, moving belts help the crew do this job faster and more safely.
Tools of the trade
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Orange wands
These glowing orange wands help the crew wave a plane into its parking spot. People on the ground can see them clearly, even from far away.
A day in the job
- Early MorningThe crew arrives early, checks the planes, and gets their radios and wands ready before the first flight of the day.
Words to know
- Ground crew
- Ground crew are the workers who take care of an airplane on the ground, before it takes off and after it lands.
Quiz time
Airport ground crew work inside the airplane's cabin with the passengers.
Ground crew put blocks by the wheels to keep a parked plane from rolling away.