A LNDG S80 NOTES ANOTHER MD80 XING RWY 18R AT TXWY B; 2000 FT AHEAD; AS THE S80 TURNS OFF AT HIGH SPD TXWY E5. PIC NOTIFIED TWR THAT A FOLLOW UP WOULD BE MADE. RPTR COMPLAINS OF NOT BEING ISSUED A LAHSO.

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DFW TWR. ACFT WAS CLRED TO LAND AND NEVER RECEIVED OR ACKNOWLEDGED A LAND AND HOLD SHORT OF TXWY B CLRNC. HOWEVER; DURING ROLLOUT; ANOTHER MD80 CROSSED AHEAD AT TXWY B. FORTUNATELY; OUR FLT WAS AT TAXI SPD AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE HIGH SPD TURNOFF AT TXWY E5. TWR WAS NOTIFIED THAT A FOLLOW-UP WOULD BE MADE BY THE FLC. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: PIC STATED THAT THE APCH CTLR DID NOT HAND THE FLT OVER TO THE TWR UNTIL ABOUT A 3-4 MI FINAL; AND THEN AT THE REQUEST OF THE FLC. A REVIEW OF THE TAPES INDICATED THAT THE TWR CTLR DID ISSUE A LAHSO TO THE FLT BUT PRIOR TO THE FLT BEING ON FREQ. BOTH THE TWR CHIEF AND THE CHIEF PLT ADVISED THE RPTR THAT THIS WAS A SYS OR OPERROR. THE ODD PART ABOUT THE EVENT WAS THE UNANSWERED QUESTION OF: WHY DID THE TWR CTLR ISSUE A LNDG CLRNC AND THE LAHSO IF THE FLT HAD NOT YET CHKED IN? THE RPTR WAS UNABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. DFW APCH AND TWR COORD PROCS CALL FOR A MARKED NOTE TO BE USED FOR AN INDICATION OF WHETHER THE FLT WAS ISSUED A LAHSO. THIS WAS NOT ADDRESSED BY THE CTLRS IN THEIR FEEDBACK TO THE RPTR AND HIS CHIEF PLT. PIC SAID IT 'WAS A BUSY DAY' AT DFW.