A B747 HOLDING BETWEEN PARALLEL RWYS AFTER LANDING HAS TAIL PROTRUDING INTO THE LNDG RWY. ARR ACFT HAS DIFFICULTY GETTING ATC TWR TO RECOGNIZE THE SIT.
Synopsis
A B747 HOLDING BETWEEN PARALLEL RWYS AFTER LANDING HAS TAIL PROTRUDING INTO THE LNDG RWY. ARR ACFT HAS DIFFICULTY GETTING ATC TWR TO RECOGNIZE THE SIT.
Narrative
LOW OVERCAST 10 BKN - 15 OVCST. CIRCLING APCHS TO RWY 24 ANC. TWR DISTRACTED BY ACFT WHICH EVIDENTLY HAD TAKEN A MISSED AND WANTED A DOWNWIND. MY B737 SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO B747'S. ACR Y; B747 LANDED RWY 24L IN FRONT OF ME ANOTHER ACR Z; B747 WAITED FOR TKOF ON RWY 24L. AT 1 1/2 MILES I WAS SWITCHED FROM RWY 24R TO RWY 24L. AFTER A FEW SECONDS I SAW THE ACR Y; B747 WAS NOT MOVING AND IT'S TAIL WAS OVERHANGING RWY. I QUERIED TWR ABOUT THIS ONCE; POSSIBLY TWICE; WITH NO RESPONSE. I THEN TOLD TWR I NEEDED RWY 24R. TWR RESPONDED EMPHATICALLY I WAS TO STAY WITH THE L RWY. AT THIS POINT I LOST MY COOL AND SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE THE B747; ENDING THE TRANSMISSION WITH THE WORD D#?!$! AT THIS POINT TWR FINALLY ORDERED ACR Y; B747 TO CLR TAXIWAY AND CROSS 24R. IN RETROSPECT IT LOOKED LIKE CTLR WAS OVERLOADED AND FORGOT ACR Y; B747; OR CONFUSED IT WITH ACR Z; B747 AWAITING TAKEOFF ON RWY 24L. MY FINAL RESPONSE; HOWEVER; DID NOT HELP SIT AND WAS UNPROFESSIONAL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: CALLBACK REVEALED THAT THIS WAS A PEAK ARR TIME THAT INCLUDED MANY B747'S. TFC WAS HEAVY AND CIRCLING APCHS WERE REQUIRED BECAUSE OF THE WIND CONDITIONS. THIS IS NOT THE USUAL TFC FLOW FOR THE AIRPORT AND THE CTLR SEEMED; TO THE RPTR; TO BE HANDLING A HEAVIER THAN NORMAL WORKLOAD. THE RPTR FELT THAT THE CTLR HAD LOST SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AS TO THE B747 POSITIONED BETWEEN THE RWYS. HE WAS NOT PLEASED WITH HIS OWN USE OF AN EXPLETIVE TO GET THE CONTROLLER'S ATTENTION FOCUSED ON THE SIT SINCE HE CONSIDERS THAT UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT.
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