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12-13-2019, 03:26 PM
#721
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12-13-2019, 04:38 PM
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12-13-2019, 04:57 PM
#726
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I didn't say it was hard, I said they like to correct pilots over anything they deem fit unlike any airport in the country. LGA, LAX, ORD, IAH, way more complex airports no big problems. Everyone works together and cooperates as equals. ATL ground though is the most nit picky over the smallest of things. Why is it that most of these recordings come out of ATL? They're not wrong, they really aren't I'm not arguing that. It just seems sometimes they like to dick swing for reasons I don't really know why.
12-13-2019, 05:05 PM
#727
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That’s the key right there. I got a royal chewing on the radio my first time taxiing around ORD and got sent around the whole terminal for a penalty lap. Ya only do it once.
12-13-2019, 05:37 PM
#728
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pretty sure "contact ground point x" is proper radio phraseology as long as the freq starts with 121. just like not giving us the tower freq if ATC believes we should know what it is ( its on the approach plate)
12-13-2019, 07:00 PM
#729
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I didn't say it was hard, I said they like to correct pilots over anything they deem fit unlike any airport in the country. LGA, LAX, ORD, IAH, way more complex airports no big problems. Everyone works together and cooperates as equals. ATL ground though is the most nit picky over the smallest of things. Why is it that most of these recordings come out of ATL? They're not wrong, they really aren't I'm not arguing that. It just seems sometimes they like to dick swing for reasons I don't really know why.
Maybe because it's my home airport, but I think ATL ground is way easier than any of the other airports you mentions, especially ORD. I go there all the time and still feel like I really have no idea what to expect when it comes to taxi clearances.
I do think ATL could be greatly simplified if the clearance to cross the inboard was to "monitor ground" rather than "contact ground".
12-13-2019, 07:10 PM
#730
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"Delta 123, cleared to cross, 27R on Delta. Delta 456, line up and wait 27R, traffic to cross down field."
Dixie isn't nonsense. It's less confusing at an airport where the majority of the traffic goes by the call sign "Delta".
"50 yard line" at LAX, "The World" at DCA, "Bravo, Alpha, Echo, let me know" at LGA. We all have our quirks.
Last edited by FmrFreightDog; 12-13-2019 at 07:29 PM.
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