Garner Miller wrote:

In article , Bob Gardner
wrote:


According to the Pilot/Controller Glossary, you were right and the
controller was wrong. You might want to talk to a quality control person at
OSU.


How do you figure?

From the P/CG:

"OPTION APPROACH- An approach requested and conducted by a pilot which
will result in either a touch-and-go, missed approach, low approach,
stop- and-go, or full stop landing."

Says the same thing the AIM says. A back-taxi is not on the above list.


The OP said he "requested a back taxi", it didn't say he just did it
without asking. Prior to requesting the back taxi, he said he landed
and stopped on the runway. That clearly IS permitted by the "option"
landing clearance. I say he did nothing wrong and the controller
doesn't understand what "cleared for the option" means. Now, the
controller certainly wasn't obligated to approve a back-taxi, but the OP
certainly did nothing wrong based on the description given.

Matt