G4 FLC TAXIES THEIR ACFT INTO THE TAIL OF A LR35 AT APC; CA. CREW CITES POOR PARKING PROCS; LACK OF PAINTED LINES FOR ACFT PARKING AND POORLY ADAPTED TRAINED LINEMEN.

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AFTER LNDG AND WHILE TAXIING INTO PARKING; A LINEMAN ON A 'FOLLOW ME' GOLF CART WAVED TO US TO FOLLOW HIM IN-BTWN 2 ROWS OF PARKED AIRPLANES. AS I TAXIED AROUND THE CORNER AND LINED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 2 ROWS OF ACFT; THE CAPT MENTIONED THAT THE CLRNC LOOKED 'PRETTY TIGHT' AND TO GO SLOWLY. HE THEN SAID TO STOP. I STOPPED THE ACFT AND A SECOND LINEMAN TOOK UP A POS ON THE R SIDE OF THE ACFT. I CHKED THE WINGTIP CLRNC ON THE L SIDE OF THE ACFT AND THE CAPT SAID TO CONTINUE. AS WE MOVED FORWARD ABOUT 10 FT THE CAPT SAID TO STOP THE ACFT AGAIN; AS WE HAD STRUCK AN ACFT PARKED ON THE R SIDE OF OUR ACFT. THE ACFT ON THIS FLT LINE WERE NOT PARKED IN STRAIGHT LINES; BUT WERE STAGGERED. THERE WERE NO PAINTED LINES ON THE RAMP TO HELP DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT SEPARATION COULD BE MAINTAINED. THE LINE PERSONNEL DID NOT HAVE HEARING PROTECTION AND THE WING WALKER ON THE R WING WAS PLUGGING HIS EARS IN-BTWN SIGNALING THE CAPT. THESE WERE ALL CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS; THESE YOUNG INEXPERIENCED LINEMEN LED US DOWN THE 'PRIMROSE PATH.' WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF THE ACFT AND CHKED THE CLRNC WHEN WE STOPPED THE FIRST TIME TO MAKE SURE IT WOULD WORK BUT INSTEAD CONTINUED WITH A BAD SIT AND TRANSFERRED ACFT RESPONSIBILITY TO THE LINEMEN. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE FACT THAT WE WERE ON A TIGHT SCHEDULE AND DID NOT TAKE THE TIME AND CARE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE. ALSO BETTER TRAINING FOR RAMP PERSONNEL WOULD HAVE HELPED AVOID THIS PROB. IN ADDITION; THE LINE PERSONNEL DID NOT HAVE HEARING PROTECTION ON AND WERE UNABLE TO ADEQUATELY SIGNAL AND COVER EARS AT THE SAME TIME. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 371253: AS WE GOT CLOSER TO THE LEAR ANOTHER QUICK THUMBS UP WAS GIVEN BY THE LINE PERSON AT THE LEAR. I TURNED TO MY L TO SEE HOW THE FO'S SIDE WAS DOING; CHKED THE RAMPER IN FRONT OF US; TURNED BACK TO SEE THE R WINGLET SLIDE UNDER THE R ELEVATOR OF THE LEAR FOLLOWED BY THE RAMPER GIVING A STOP SIGNAL. I SHOULD NOT HAVE FOLLOWED THESE GUIDERS. I SHOULD HAVE UTILIZED ANOTHER TXWY TO PARK THE ACFT.