Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 112; Flight Crew Total 9915; Flight Crew Type 9259
Communication Breakdown; Confusion; Situational Awareness
Conflict Ground Conflict; Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors; Procedure
When we were turning into the parking space on hardstand; the ground personnel had the wrong lead in sign lit up; and that is the one we lined up with.  The Captain did a good job and was taxiing very slow cause it didn't look 100 percent; but the ground personnel just stood and watched us.  This led us to believe that we were parking where they wanted us to.  As we moved closer; a bus on the left side looked too close (but was behind the line) and that is when the Captain stopped the plane to wait for ground personnel to double check.  At that point they realized we were not on the line to the right where they actually wanted us.  A tug was brought over to push us back and line us up with the correct line and lead-in sign.  Even when we docked; the correct taxi-in guidance was never turned on.
Air carrier First Officer reported almost hitting a bus while parking at EGLL airport and cited communication issues with ground personnel as a contributing factor.