Trouble to make a perfect parking at gate

[butthead]

I try to follow the marshallers instructions, and I stop when the wands are "X". I do it very slow and precise.
During the evaluation of the parking, he sometimes think I park too far and sometimes to short.
I don't know how to do it to please him, and to make him  dance....

Sometimes it just work.

[virtuali]

Just practice more...

and, even if you get a perfect parking, there's only a 20% chance he'll dance.

[butthead]

Should the wands be crossed or should the tips of the wands just touch each other?

[virtuali]

You should see the wands crossed but, if you see the marshaller making one step ahead with one foot, and then starts waving the wands back and forth, it means you went too far.

And, keep in mind it's not just the back/forward position that gets evaluated, but also the angle of approach, even if you park perfectly at the correct distance, if the airplane is a bit angled to the yellow line, the parking will not be considered good enough.

Note that on some 3rd party sceneries, it's not guaranteed the yellow line matches *exactly* the underlying AFCAD apron path, and GSX knows only about the AFCAD path so, while approaching, trust ONLY the marshaller for left/right alignment, rather then the visual scenery. Default sceneries are sometimes easier to use, because the AFCAD IS the visual scenery in all cases, while on 3rd party sceneries with custom ground, it might not be.

[butthead]

The marshaller guy is reeeeally picky. They are crossed, no foot, no waving. Can still be too short or too far. Left/Right is OK.

[virtuali]

Well, since several people have posted Youtube videos with the dancing marshaller, it means they can park perfectly, and not just once, because to get the marshaller at the first "very good parking" try, you must be lucky.

[Jetsetter]

I just had a look at one of the YouTube videos. Very funny and a nice touch