corjulo
Line Up and Wait
For those who fly into Hartford's Brainard Field (KHFD) on a regular basis their is a running joke about one of the controllers. Basically I have never met a pilot who has not had run in with this controller or at least monitor another pilot getting chewed out over something. Bring her up and one can usually expect some a negative response.
Its gotten so bad that I know pilots that will not refuel there if they hear her voice on ATIS.
Anyway, I was on sort final behind a Mooney this past weekend when I thought I heard the tower tell the Mooney "Taxi on Charlie, monitor ground point 6". I landed and got the same instruction. But when I switched to ground I had to listen to close the 3 minutes (I timed it) of my favorite controller lecturing the Mooney for taxing without permission. He was insisting, very nicely, that he thought "monitor" meant he had permission.
He apologized a couple of time but she just kept after him. I set there burning up fuel and running up hobb time while she took minutes doing what should have taken seconds.
Anyway, was the Mooney Pilot correct? Did he have permission to taxi. He and I where the only two planes on the ground or in the pattern at that time. Obviously I didn't move an inch until she acknowledged I had permission
Its gotten so bad that I know pilots that will not refuel there if they hear her voice on ATIS.
Anyway, I was on sort final behind a Mooney this past weekend when I thought I heard the tower tell the Mooney "Taxi on Charlie, monitor ground point 6". I landed and got the same instruction. But when I switched to ground I had to listen to close the 3 minutes (I timed it) of my favorite controller lecturing the Mooney for taxing without permission. He was insisting, very nicely, that he thought "monitor" meant he had permission.
He apologized a couple of time but she just kept after him. I set there burning up fuel and running up hobb time while she took minutes doing what should have taken seconds.
Anyway, was the Mooney Pilot correct? Did he have permission to taxi. He and I where the only two planes on the ground or in the pattern at that time. Obviously I didn't move an inch until she acknowledged I had permission