PLT OF ACFT ACCEPTS A 'POS AND HOLD' CLRNC WITHOUT ADVISING LCL CTLR OF DESIRE FOR ADDITIONAL SEPARATION FROM DEPARTING ACFT. A CONFLICT ENSUES WITH AN ARRIVING ACFT. CTLR ISSUES A GAR.

Date: 2001-03 · Aircraft: B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: taxi

Anomalies: conflict-ground-conflict|less-severe|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|ground-incursion-runway

Synopsis

PLT OF ACFT ACCEPTS A 'POS AND HOLD' CLRNC WITHOUT ADVISING LCL CTLR OF DESIRE FOR ADDITIONAL SEPARATION FROM DEPARTING ACFT. A CONFLICT ENSUES WITH AN ARRIVING ACFT. CTLR ISSUES A GAR.

Narrative

ACFT X TOLD TO TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD; LATER CLEARED FOR TKOF; ACKNOWLEDGED CLRNC AND CONTINUED TO HOLD IN POS ON RWY. WHEN THE TKOF CLRNC WAS RESTATED ALONG WITH A REPORT OF TFC NOW ON FINAL TO THE SAME RWY; PLT STATED HE WAS WAITING FOR TWO MINS WAKE TURB FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY JET DEP. ACFT Y WAS SENT AROUND TO AVOID A LOSS OF SEPARATION. AT FACILITIES WITH RADAR; CTLRS EXPECT TO APPLY RADAR SEPARATION STANDARDS OVER NON-RADAR (IE TIME) STANDARDS AND FULLY EXPECT TO BE INFORMED OF REQUESTS FOR MORE THAN STANDARD SEPARATION PRIOR TO THE ACFT CROSSING THE HOLD LINE. I SUGGEST ALL PLTS ADHERE TO THE AIM PROC TO ASK BEFORE ENTERING THE RWY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE PLT (ACFT X) SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF ARR TFC; AND SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCEPTED A POS AND HOLD CLRNC IF HE NEEDED ADDITIONAL SEPARATION FROM THE DEPARTING ACFT. RPTR ALSO STATED THAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS UNPROFESSIONAL FOR THIS PLT TO SUBSEQUENTLY ACCEPT THE TKOF CLRNC; AND THEN CONTINUE TO HOLD POS ON THE RWY.

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