ACR A-LGT INSTRUCTED TO HOLD FOR ACR B-LGT DELIBERATELY DISREGARDED AND TAXIED IN FRONT OF ACR B-LGT CAUSING HAZARD TO BOTH ACFT. HARASSMENT.

Date: 1988-12 · Aircraft: Large Transport; Low Wing; 3 Turbojet Eng

Anomalies: conflict-ground-conflict|critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|other-unspecified

Synopsis

ACR A-LGT INSTRUCTED TO HOLD FOR ACR B-LGT DELIBERATELY DISREGARDED AND TAXIED IN FRONT OF ACR B-LGT CAUSING HAZARD TO BOTH ACFT. HARASSMENT.

Narrative

AFTER LNDG ON RWY 25R AT LAX; I TOOK THE HIGH SPD TURNOFF (42) AND NOTICED AN LGT Y TAXIING AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL SPD EBND ON TXWY JULIET. AT THIS POINT LGT Y WAS APPROX 200' W OF HIGHSPEED TURNOFF #42 WHEN WE HEARD GND CLT INSTRUCT LGT Y TO HOLD SHORT OF 42 AND GIVE WAY TO LGT X COMING OFF THE HIGH SPD. LGT Y ACKNOWLEDGED THE REQUEST. LAX GND CTLR THEN CLRED US; LGT X; 'RIGHT TURN ON JULIET; TAXI TO YOUR GATE. LGT Y WILL HOLD FOR YOU.' I THEN REALIZED THAT LGT Y WAS TRAVELING AT TOO HIGH A SPD; W/O ANY EFFORT TO SLOW DOWN; SO I IMMEDIATELY CAME TO A RAPID STOP. AS THE LGT Y ACFT PASSED BY US; WITH NO MORE THAN 20' OF CLRNC BTWN HIS WINGTIP AND THE NOSE OF OUR ACFT; WE OBSERVED THE F/O GIVE US THE NOTORIOUS FINGER SALUTE. I THEN CAME OVER THE RADIO AND SAID; 'NICE GOING LGT Y;' (FACETIOUSLY) WHEN LAX GND CTLR REPEATED 'LGT Y WAS SUPPOSED TO HOLD SHORT FOR YOU AND THEY DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.' I THEN ASKED GND CTLR FOR LGT Y FLT NUMBER. GND CTL THEN GAVE US ACR BXX AND AGAIN REPEATED THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HOLD FOR US AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. I SAID TO GND CTLR: 'NO PROB; WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.' IMMEDIATELY LGT Y CAME BACK ON THE RADIO AND SAID; 'I'LL BET YOU WILL.' I DON'T NORMALLY TRY AND GET BACK AT OTHER PLTS FROM OTHER AIRLINES; BUT IN THIS CASE IT IS EVIDENT THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS INCIDENT HAD WE NOT BEEN ON TOP OF THINGS. THE LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM; NOT TO MENTION THE TOTAL DISREGARD FOR OUR PAX' SAFETY AND THEIR OWN PAX; NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THEIR CHIEF PLT. I DO; HEREBY; REQUEST THAT OUR SAFETY COMMITTEE ACQUIRE THE LAX TWR TAPES AND THAT A COPY OF THE TAPES; ALONG WITH A COPY OF THIS FLT ENVELOPE; BE SENT TO ACR B AIRLINES CHIEF PLT'S OFFICE FOR REVIEW. IN ADDITION; A FORMAL WRITTEN APOLOGY BY THE PARTIES INVOLVED IS EXPECTED. IF NONE IS RECEIVED WITHIN 20 DAYS FROM THIS DATE A COPY OF THIS RPT WILL BE SENT TO THE FAA ALONG WITH A FORMAL COMPLAINT.

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