TangoWhiskey
Touchdown! Greaser!
I pass through the DFW airport every day on the way to work (from west to east going to the office, from east to west going back home), and listen on my scanner.
Today I heard something new... planes on Ground were being told to go to "DFW Queue on 134.17". I quickly dialed up that freq and listened. I pulled out my AF/D at the next stop light and looked up DFW... nope, no 134.17 listed, nor any "DFW Queue" in the communications section.
Turned out it was some lady controller running interference between ground and tower. Helping the pilots figure out what order they were going to take off, which of the parallel runways they were going to get and what the first fixes would be, so they could get it into their FMS before departure. She'd kick them over to tower when they were two or three out on the list.
Anyway, something new... I've been listening to the scanner for years and have never heard anybody switched to "Q". How about you? Is this a new DFW thing? Have you heard it anywhere else?
Today I heard something new... planes on Ground were being told to go to "DFW Queue on 134.17". I quickly dialed up that freq and listened. I pulled out my AF/D at the next stop light and looked up DFW... nope, no 134.17 listed, nor any "DFW Queue" in the communications section.
Turned out it was some lady controller running interference between ground and tower. Helping the pilots figure out what order they were going to take off, which of the parallel runways they were going to get and what the first fixes would be, so they could get it into their FMS before departure. She'd kick them over to tower when they were two or three out on the list.
Anyway, something new... I've been listening to the scanner for years and have never heard anybody switched to "Q". How about you? Is this a new DFW thing? Have you heard it anywhere else?