A319 TAXIING FOR DEP AT SFO IS CONFUSED WITH ATC RWY XING CLRNC.

Date: 2003-08 · Aircraft: A319 · Phase: taxi

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|ground-incursion-runway

Synopsis

A319 TAXIING FOR DEP AT SFO IS CONFUSED WITH ATC RWY XING CLRNC.

Narrative

UPON TAXI OUT GND CLRED US TO TAXI TO RWY 1R; ASKED FOR THE WINDS AND THEN ADVISED ATC UNABLE DUE TO WIND COMPUTATION REQUESTED RWY 28'S AND WERE CLRED TO TAXI TO RWY 28L VIA TXWYS A AND F; HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 1L TO MONITOR TWR 120.5. AT HOLD SHORT TWR ASKED IF WE ARE #1 AIRBUS AS WE REPLIED WE WERE #2 BEHIND THE COMPANY AIRBUS. TWR THEN CLRED ACFT Y TO TAXI AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 28L (XING BOTH RWY 1'S). HE ALSO CONTINUED ON HIS XMISSION TO CLR US TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 28L. AS WE ACKNOWLEDGED AND COMMENCED OUR TAXI BEHIND THE COMPANY AIRBUS TWR ASKED IF WE ARE THE AIRBUS XING RWY 1L. WE CONFIRMED AND HE CAME BACK BY SAYING THAT 'I TOLD YOU TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 1L.' I STOPPED THE AIRPLANE ON TXWY F SHORT OF RWY 1R AND REPLIED THAT WE WILL HOLD SHORT TO CLARIFY OUR TAXI CLRNC. TWR THEN CLRED US IMMEDIATELY TO CROSS RWY 1R AND CONTINUE TAXI. NO OTHER EVENTS THEREAFTER. WHILE APCHING THE HOLD SHORT POS OF RWY 1L BOTH I AND FO DETECTED A TONE OF VOICE FROM THE TWR CTLR TO WHAT WE SUSPECTED AS A POSSIBLE 'TASK SATURATION' SINCE HE WAS SNAPPING AT AN ACR FLT AS WE SWITCHED TO HIS FREQ. HE WAS TELLING THE PLT THAT YOU; ACR FLT; ARE THE PIC AND YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR AIRPLANE AND ALL I AM TRYING IS TO EXPEDITE YOU OFF THE RWY. LATER WHILE WE WERE HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 28L; PRECEDING ACFT WAS GIVEN TXWY J TO EXIT AND TWR CAME BACK AND SAID RATHER HARSHLY TO EXIT AT TXWY T WITH THE SAME AGITATED VOICE TONE AS THE PLT WAS MISTAKENLY EXITING THE ASSIGNED TXWY. I FILE THIS RPT AS AN IMPROPER AND MISHANDLING BY ATC.

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