AN S80 PIC RPT ON SUFFERING TO A LEVEL OF AGGRESSION FROM THE GND CTLR DURING THEIR ENTRY INTO TXWY AT DFW; TX.

Date: 2000-05 · Aircraft: MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: taxi

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-other-unknown|ground-incursion-taxiway|other-ctlr-altitude

Synopsis

AN S80 PIC RPT ON SUFFERING TO A LEVEL OF AGGRESSION FROM THE GND CTLR DURING THEIR ENTRY INTO TXWY AT DFW; TX.

Narrative

A FEW WKS AGO I SUBMITTED A SIMILAR RPT REGARDING THE EXIT OF RAMP VIA TXWY WHERE THE GND CTLR WANTED ME TO DO A 180 DEG TURN AGAINST OTHER OUTBOUND ACFT BUT EVENTUALLY ALLOWED ME TO EXIT. TODAY I PWRBACKED OFF TO GATE AND THE RAMP CTLR SAID 'L TURN OUT TXWY CALL GND.' I TURNED L; GOT IN LINE BEHIND ANOTHER S80; AND MONITORED. GND CTL WAS BUSY WITH ACFT TAXIING THE WRONG WAY ON TXWY Z AND TXWY Y; AS WELL AS OTHER TYPICAL RUSH HR DILEMMAS. AS WE BECAME #1; GND SAID VERY LOUDLY '...AND WHO IS NOW THE NEXT S80 TO VIOLATE TAXI INSTRUCTIONS?' YOU WOULD NORMALLY GET A REAL SINKING FEELING RIGHT ABOUT NOW; BUT I REALLY DO NOT THINK I DID ANYTHING WRONG. WE WERE THEN TOLD THAT THE ENTIRE AREA THERE IS UNDER FAA ATC CTL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. WE PWRED BACK; TURNED L AS INSTRUCTED; TXWY WAS RIGHT THERE. WE PULLED UP EVER SO SLIGHTLY AND GOT YELLED AT. OUR MANUALS NEED MORE INFO EXITING THIS AREA SO WE DON'T DO ANYTHING UNSAFE/WRONG. THERE WAS ANOTHER S80 AHEAD OF US. BUT WE DID NOT HEAR WHAT HIS INFRACTION WAS; EVEN THOUGH GND WAS YELLING AT HIM.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.