Aberdeen Runway Occupancy
Folks,
Dunno if you can help with this - flew to Aberdeen the other day in a 738 in windy and rainy conditions. The runway isn't particularly long, and as we were relatively heavy, the decision made was the slam on the anchors to make sure we stopped then roll to the end. As it happens, we got stopped pretty quickly and then continued to roll, yet we were heavily chastised by the controller for making such an action.
How closely spaced are the arrivals at ABZ? We had an Eastern Airways prop behind us which isn't particularly fast on approach, and it didn't seem that busy on the ground. I wasn't impressed with the tone ATC took with us after that!
One of the things that came to mind is what is written in our airfield briefs, do they get shown to ATC? Do they have input in the way it's written? The brief for ABZ makes note of the short runway and the need to avoid floating/delaying brake application. Feedback appreciated.
Horgy