AN ACR MLG TAXIED WITHOUT CLRNC.
Synopsis
AN ACR MLG TAXIED WITHOUT CLRNC.
Narrative
WE LANDED 18R AND WERE GIVEN TAXI INSTRUCTIONS OF CROSS RWY 18L TAXI S INNER-32 BRIDGE - 121.65 TOP 32. ON TOP THE 32 BRIDGE; GND CTL WAS CONSTANT TALK OF INSTRUCTIONS WITH VERY FEW ACFT GIVEN THE CHANCE TO RESPOND; LET ALONE FOR US NOR THE 2 ACFT AHEAD TO CALL OUR POS. ON THE E SIDE; ACFT WERE WAITING TO CROSS RWY 17R WAITING FOR GATES S OF 32 AND WAITING TO EXIT THE RAMP TO JOIN 1 OF 2 LINES OF TFC PROCEEDING N. TXWY CONSTRUCTION ADDED TO THE MESS. WITH THE FREQ CLOBBERED (121.65) WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON 134.05 (THE STILL UNPUBLISHED AND SO-CALLED TEMPORARY FREQ). I DECIDED TO TURN N ON THE INNER AND FLOW WITH THE MOVING TFC RATHER THAN CAUSE FURTHER BACKUPS ON THE BRIDGE. I THEN REALIZED WE WERE GIVEN THE WRONG FREQ AND IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED 134.05. GND CTL DID NOT SEEM OVERLY CONCERNED; BUT DID MENTION THAT NEEDED TAXI CLRNC BEFORE PROCEEDING AT WHICH TIME HE GAVE IT TO US. NEXT TIME I'LL WAIT ON THE DOWNSIDE OF THE BRIDGE FOR TAXI INSTRUCTIONS. ITS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING TO LAND EARLY BUT BLOCK IN LATE. RECOMMENDATIONS: 1) STANDARD ARR TAXI RTES - SIMILAR TO STANDARD DEP RTES. 2) NO CALL AREAS/CALL ONLY AREAS; MUCH LIKE OUR RAMPS. 3) 134.05 AND 134.9 (TWR 13R) ARE NOT TEMPORARY AND NEED TO BE PUBLISHED.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.