On Mar 11, 9:25*am, "Bob Gardner" wrote:
Your instructor was wrong. Ground control owns everything up to the hold
line for the runway in use.

Wrong for knowing local procedures? You really shouldn't put that out
there with the information we have here. For all you know he knows the
local procedures better than you. Again, there are airports where
tower takes this resposibility. Its not wrong to ask ground first but
they then just ask you to call the tower and ask them. I've been to
such ariports and I'm sure you have too. If this CFI was using local
procedures knowledge, it sure doesn't make him "wrong".

-Robert, CFII