Effective today, the FAA has mandated (nation-wide)that we (tower controllers) will give y'all detailed taxi routes. For examply: "Taxi to runway 26 left via foxtrot," or "join taxiway Lima taxi to the ramp."
If you come off the runway and say you're joining Lima in your initial call to GC, we can say "taxi to the ramp." They want specific exchanges of taxi routes issuied to everyone (including airport vehicles). Also we can say to a second aicraft, "follow the MD80 to runway 26 left".
In this new order it also specifically mandates that we will get ensure a read back of the runway assignment and any hold short instructions. I know this part isn't new, however you guys and gals can make this whole thing a lot easier if you will just make an effort to read back the required items. I would say the at least 80%+ of the folks I taxi to a runway do not read the runway assignment back, except for those who have a hold short imbedded within the clearance.
I know a lot of this sounds like there is no change, but the requirement now exists for detailed taxi routes, where it didn't before. This does create more workload and frequnecy congestion. And if y'all will help it can go a lot more smoothly than if you don't!
If at some point in the next day or so, I can get a hard copy of the new order, I will try and post excepts so you (our pilots friends) can know what the FAA is mandating of the controller workforce.
If you come off the runway and say you're joining Lima in your initial call to GC, we can say "taxi to the ramp." They want specific exchanges of taxi routes issuied to everyone (including airport vehicles). Also we can say to a second aicraft, "follow the MD80 to runway 26 left".
In this new order it also specifically mandates that we will get ensure a read back of the runway assignment and any hold short instructions. I know this part isn't new, however you guys and gals can make this whole thing a lot easier if you will just make an effort to read back the required items. I would say the at least 80%+ of the folks I taxi to a runway do not read the runway assignment back, except for those who have a hold short imbedded within the clearance.
I know a lot of this sounds like there is no change, but the requirement now exists for detailed taxi routes, where it didn't before. This does create more workload and frequnecy congestion. And if y'all will help it can go a lot more smoothly than if you don't!
If at some point in the next day or so, I can get a hard copy of the new order, I will try and post excepts so you (our pilots friends) can know what the FAA is mandating of the controller workforce.
