ACR-SMT GIVEN TKOF CLRNC WITH RWY OCCUPIED BY ANOTHER ACR-SMT.

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SMT X TAXIED VIA INNER TXWY TO 18L VIA 19 BRIDGE AS INSTRUCTED. ONCE ON 19 BRIDGE WE CONTACTED GND CTL ON 121.8 AS INSTRUCTED. ON 121.8 SMT X TOLD TO FOLLOW SMT Z AND TO TURN RIGHT ON H TO TXWY 18 FOR RWY 18L. AT RWY 18L ON TWR FREQ 124.15 SMT X WAS #3 ACFT ON TXWY 18; #1 BEING SMT Y; SMT Z #2. ALL 3 TURBO PROPS WERE CLRD ACROSS RWY 18L AND ASSIGNED RWY 18R FOR DEP. UPON REACHING RWY 18R SMT X WAS INSTRUCTED TO TRANSITION TO TXWY 19 AND TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 18R AT 19. WE PROCEEDED AS INSTRUCTED. SEQUENCE FOR DEP WAS ANNOUNCED AS SMT Y; SMT X AND SMT Z. NUMEROUS ARRS WERE LINED UP FOR RWY 18R WHILE RWY 18L WAS BEING USED PRIMARILY FOR JET DEPS; A SITUATION WHICH OFTEN DELAYS THE TURBO PROPS. THE LCL CTLR WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY BUSY AND SPEAKING EXTREMELY RAPIDLY. AFTER SEVERAL JET ARRS; SMT Y WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD ON RWY 18R. SUBSEQUENTLY; WE (SMT X) WERE ALSO INSTRUCTED TO TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD ON RWY 18R. SINCE THE VERY SAME LCL CTLR ASSIGNED US THE INTXN (TXWY 19) I THOUGHT THAT PERHAPS HE HAD DECIDED TO CHANGE THE DEP SEQUENCE. MY F/O HAD ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED THE INSTRUCTION AND I ATTEMPTED TO QUESTION THE CTLR FOR VERIFICATION; HOWEVER THE FREQ WAS VERY CONGESTED. IN AN EFFORT TO COMPLY WITH THE INSTRUCTION; YET WARY OF THE SITUATION; I TAXIED VERY SLOWLY TOWARD THE RWY. AFTER HAVING CROSSED THE HOLD BARS BUT NOT YET ON THE RWY--WE WERE JUST SHORT OF THE RWY EDGE LINES--THE LCL CTLR CLRD SMT Y FOR TKOF. SMT Y ADVISED THAT HE COULD NOT DEPART BECAUSE TFC WAS IN FRONT OF HIM--SMT X. SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE CTLR'S CLRNC I IMMEDIATELY INITIATED A 180 DEG TURN OFF THE TXWY AND ADVISED THE CTLR OF THE SITUATION. THE CTLR HAD NO IDEA WHICH ACFT WAS #1; NOR WHERE WE WERE. HOWEVER; HE WOULD NOT ALLOW ENOUGH TIME ON THE FREQ FOR ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK AND EVEN CLRD SMT Y FOR TKOF A SECOND TIME; EVEN AS WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO RESOLVE THE SITUATION. HE EVENTUALLY JUST TOLD ALL ACFT TO CLR THE RWY SINCE THERE WAS TFC ON SHORT FINAL. BECAUSE OF THIS FIASCO WE WERE DELAYED EXTENSIVELY AFTERWARDS BECAUSE OF THE TOTAL CONFUSION IN THE TWR. SHORTLY THEREAFTER; A WDB WAS TOLD TO GO AROUND WHEN OVER THE THRESHOLD DUE TO TFC ON THE RWY WHEN THE RWY WAS ACTUALLY CLR. ALL IN ALL WE DID NOT DEPART UNTIL 40 MINS AFTER WE LEFT OUR GATE; AND WE WERE THE LAST OF THE TURBO PROPS TO DEPART. I ASSUMED WE WERE BEING PENALIZED FOR THE INCOMPETENCY AND INEPTNESS OF THE CTLR. NEVER DID THE OJT INSTR EVEN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT ANY SITUATION ON THE FREQ AND ALL THE WHILE SEVERAL JET ACFT WHICH HAD LEFT THEIR GATES LONG AFTER WE DID WERE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE DEPARTING ON RWY 18L. THIS TYPE OF SITUATION OCCURS ALMOST DAILY IN THE DFW REGIONAL TCA. THERE IS AN OBVIOUS LACK OF ORGANIZATION; COORD AND CTLR ABILITIES AT THIS FAC. THE ONE AREA THAT DFW TWR CTLRS EXCEL IN IS BERATING PLTS AND YELLING ON THE FREQ. SPD CTL IS NEGLIGIBLE AND COORD BTWN TWR AND RADAR SEEMS MINIMAL. WHEN I CONTACTED THE WATCH SUPVR IN THE TWR UPON MY RETURN; HE STATED THAT HE DIDN'T SEE WHERE THE CTLR HAD DONE ANYTHING WRONG.