IF there was no traffic, 17 would be faster, but there is
always traffic at DFW.

Even though the emergency status gives priority, it does not
create a magic wand that eliminates the traffic.



"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in
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| "Jim Macklin" wrote
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| news |
| The plane was out of Tulsa, and was northeast of Dallas.
It
| wanted to be on the ground "right away."
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| Unless you can show that ATC vectored the aircraft into
a
| standard 30 mile south right traffic for runway 35R,
then
| ATC did in fact get him on the ground "right away"
faster
| than if they had tried to move all the other aircraft
out of
| the way.
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|
| So he's north of the field, and you say it's faster to go
to runway 35 than
| to runway 17? Is the shortest distance between two points
something other
| than a straight line in your world?
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|
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| ATC has to clear not just the runway, but the airplanes
that
| have departed and are strung out on approach in case the
| emergency aircraft needs to make a missed approach.
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|
| Which would be done by the time he arrives for runway 17.
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|
| I'll wait for the FAA and NTSB to issue a report, the
news
| media is not a valid source, even if they have a "tape"
| since they can and do leave many things out.
|
|
| Perhaps, but the portion of the tape that was included
shows the pilot
| declared an emergency and was denied expeditious handling.
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