Granny Smith/ other DXB controllers,
Just a quick question from the point of view of Dubai's 2nd major airline, Falcon Express (c'mon, I'm joking!!
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When our 1900s land on 12L and are instructed to "Vacate left at N4, contact ground on 118.35" it is not uncommon for us to hold short of P4 for 3-4 or more minutes waiting for a chance to break in on ground frequency in order to be cleared to taxi to E18 - a distance of only a couple of hundred metres.
I know you guys are working your socks off (this thread makes that perfectly clear) but if there's anyway you could get an approval from ground to just send us to the gate as part of our "Vacate left....." instructions it would be helpful.
If that's impractical during busy (we get so cleared all the time when it's quiet) times I understand, but the one scenario that it could lead to would occur when a company aircraft lands behind us on 12L and is told to "Vacate left at N4......" only to find we're blocking the taxiway. The 2nd 1900 could be cleared via N5 but this means he's on the runway for longer.
Not a big issue but certainly something to think about. BTW, I think you guys do a GREAT job at DXB. It's always a pleasure coming home when you've just spent 4 hours in Saudi airspace. And has anybody heard the Bahrain ATIS lately????
