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Old 26th Aug 2002, 00:06
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Semaphore Sam
 
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G. Khan
Great idea; familiarity is everything. Such a forum dealing with specific peccadillos of various airports would be a good idea. Especially galling is, after rapidly clearing active due to another aircraft positioned 1.5 on your @ss by Approach, to have Ground give a 10 sentence, rapid-fire instruction, and not wait for an acknowledgment. Especially stupid with foreign-language crew. This seems to happen often at JFK.

FWA
JFK Ground Control personnel would be happy to comply with a 'request progressive' at 3 AM; forget it at 10:30 AM; they call you with one instruction (normally) and want compliance; with up to 30 other aircraft taxiing around, how can they?

This is one of aviation's most serious problems; runway incursions are bound to increase, along with other less serious mistakes.
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