A CPR TURBOJET CREW AFTER COMPLYING TO KEEP THEIR SPD UP AND PLAN TO ROLL TO THE END IS THEN INSTRUCTED TO TURN OFF ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE RWY.
Synopsis
A CPR TURBOJET CREW AFTER COMPLYING TO KEEP THEIR SPD UP AND PLAN TO ROLL TO THE END IS THEN INSTRUCTED TO TURN OFF ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE RWY.
Narrative
THE ATIS INFO FOR DALLAS LOVE INFORMED US THAT RWY 31L WOULD BE THE RWY IN USE; AS RWY 31R WAS CLOSED. I SET UP BOTH SIDES FOR THE ILS RWY 31L; AND WE BRIEFED ACCORDINGLY. APCH CTL SLOWED US TO 210 KTS; AND GAVE US VECTORS TO INTERCEPT THE ILS; FOLLOWING A KING AIR; WHICH WAS ABOUT 5 MI AHEAD OF US. WHEN WE CHKED IN WITH THE TWR I ADDED AT THE END OF MY MESSAGE THAT WE WILL BE PARKING AT THE END OF THE RWY; WITH A R TURN OFF. THE TWR CTLR CAME BACK AND TOLD US TO KEEP OUR SPD UP; AND HE WOULD BE ABLE TO LET US ROLL TO THE END. RARELY DO WE EVER ROLL TO THE END; AS LOVE FIELD IS A BUSY FIELD; AND WE HAVE ALWAYS CLRED AS QUICKLY AS IS SAFELY POSSIBLE. THE PF FLEW 180 KTS UP TO THE MARKER AS WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO DO BY THE LAST CTLR. WE WERE CONFIGURED WITH GEAR DOWN; AND THE NEXT TO LAST FLAP SETTING. THE PF WANTED TO KEEP THE SPD UP; SO WE COULD KEEP GOOD SPACING WITH THE ACR Z; B737; THAT HAD BEEN PUT IN BEHIND US. AFTER XING THE MARKER THE TWR CTLR ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LET US ROLL TO THE END; AS HE WANTED TO DEPART ANOTHER ACFT W; B737; WHICH WAS TAXIING OUT; BTWN OUR ARR AND THE B737 THAT WAS 3 MI BEHIND US. WE WENT TO TE FINAL FLAP SETTING AND SLOWED TO FINAL SPD AT APPROX A 2 MI FINAL. AS WE PASSED OVER THE APCH END THE TWR CTLR CLRED THE ACFT W; B737; INTO POS. AS WE TOUCHED DOWN THE TWR CTLR INSTRUCTED US TO CLR THE RWY AT TXWY D; WHICH IS ABOUT THE HALFWAY POINT OF THIS RWY. I DID NOT REPLY AS WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING THE ACFT TO A SAFE SPD; TO MAKE THE EXIT. THE TWR CTLR REPEATED HIS DEMAND FOR US TO QUICKLY CLR AT TXWY D. I PUSHED THE PUSH TO TALK AND SAID THAT WE 'WERE TRYING TO DO THIS SAFELY.' WE CLRED AT TXWY D. THE TWR CTLR SAID THAT HE JUST NEEDED A REPLY. HE SWITCHED US OVER TO GND AND WE TAXIED. I'VE FLOWN OUT OF LOVE FOR AROUND 2 DECADES NOW; AND I'VE SEEN PLTS SKID THE BOTTOMS OF THEIR TIRES OFF ACFT WITHOUT ANTI-SKID; TRYING TO COMPLY WITH THESE DEMANDS. JUST SO THE TWR CTLRS CAN SQUEEZE ANOTHER ACR FLT IN OR OUT. THERE ARE NO LASHO OPS AT LOVE FIELD; AND I'M STILL UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WHEN I'M CLRED TO LAND ON A RWY; I CAN USE EVERY LAST INCH AVAILABLE IF I NEED IT. OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE LAND AT ARPTS SUCH AS EWR; OR LAX; WE HAVE REAL HIGH SPD TURNOFFS; WHICH FACILITATE SPDING UP OPS. TXWY D AT LOVE FIELD IS NOT A HIGH SPD TURNOFF. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LCL CTLRS; AND HAVE GONE OUT OF OUR WAY OVER THE YRS TO HELP WITH THE FLOW. TODAY'S OP WAS AN EXCEPTION; AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME MORE ADHERENCE TO PROPER SEPARATION ON THE PART OF THE LCL CTLRS. THERE HAS RECENTLY BEEN A MAJOR EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE FAA TO INCREASE RWY INCURSION AWARENESS. TRYING TO SAVE A MIN OR TWO BY PUTTING AN ACFT INTO POS; WITH ONE STILL DECELERATING ON THE RWY; AND A THIRD LESS THAN 3 MI OUT IS NOT WHAT I WOULD IMAGINE THE FAA IS LOOKING FOR.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.