radiocomm question

This information, taken from the Air Traffic Control Handbook, may be
useful:

"3-1-3. USE OF ACTIVE RUNWAYS

The local controller has primary responsibility for operations conducted on
the active runway and must control the use of those runways. Positive
coordination and control is required as follows:

NOTE-
Exceptions may be authorized only as provided in para 1-1-10, Constraints
Governing Supplements and Procedural Deviations, and FAAO 7210.3, Facility
Operation and Administration, Use of Active Runways, para 10-1-7, where
justified by extraordinary circumstances at specific locations.

REFERENCE-
FAAO 7110.65, Constraints Governing Supplements and Procedural Deviations,
Para 1-1-10.
FAAO 7210.3, Use of Active Runways, Para 10-1-7.

a. Ground control must obtain approval from local control before
authorizing an aircraft or a vehicle to cross or use any portion of an
active runway. The coordination shall include the point/intersection at the
runway where the operation will occur.

PHRASEOLOGY-
CROSS (runway) AT (point/intersection).
b. When the local controller authorizes another controller to cross an
active runway, the local controller shall verbally specify the runway to be
crossed and the point/intersection at the runway where the operation will
occur preceded by the word "cross."

PHRASEOLOGY-
CROSS (runway) AT (point/intersection).

c. The ground controller shall advise the local controller when the
coordinated runway operation is complete. This may be accomplished verbally
or through visual aids as specified by a facility directive.

d. USA/USAF/USN NOT APPLICABLE. Authorization for aircraft/vehicles to
taxi/proceed on or along an active runway, for purposes other than crossing,
shall be provided via direct communications on the appropriate local control
frequency. This authorization may be provided on the ground control
frequency after coordination with local control is completed for those
operations specifically described in a facility directive.

NOTE-
The USA, USAF, and USN establish local operating procedures in accordance
with, respectively, USA, USAF, and USN directives.

e. The local controller shall coordinate with the ground controller before
using a runway not previously designated as active.

REFERENCE-
FAAO 7110.65, Coordination Between Local and Ground Controllers, Para 3-1-4.

3-1-4. COORDINATION BETWEEN LOCAL AND GROUND CONTROLLERS

Local and ground controllers shall exchange information as necessary for the
safe and efficient use of airport runways and movement areas. This may be
accomplished via verbal means, flight progress strips, other written
information, or automation displays. As a minimum, provide aircraft
identification and applicable runway/intersection/taxiway information as
follows:

a. Ground control shall notify local control when a departing aircraft has
been taxied to a runway other than one previously designated as active.

REFERENCE-
FAAO 7110.65, Use of Active Runways, Para 3-1-3.
FAAO 7210.3, Selecting Active Runways, Para 10-1-6.
{New-2007-17 b. revised August 30, 2007}

b. Ground control must notify local control of any aircraft taxied to an
intersection for takeoff. This notification may be accomplished by verbal
means or by flight progress strips.

REFERENCE-
FAAO 7110.65, Wake Turbulence Separation for Intersection Departures, Para
3-9-7.

c. When the runways in use for landing/departing aircraft are not visible
from the tower or the aircraft using them are not visible on radar, advise
the local/ground controller of the aircraft's location before releasing the
aircraft to the other controller."

Bob Gardner

"TakeFlight" wrote in message
...
Had a dual flight the other day at RDU (runway diagram link at bottom
for reference). We requested runway 14 for departure, and ground told
us "taxi to runway 14 via Juliet, Charlie, hold short of 23L" (we were
departing from the general aviation ramp).

So I taxied out, eventually holding short of 23L on Charlie. The
instructor asked if I was going to switch to tower. I told him no,
that we weren't at 14 yet. He insisted that since we were holding
short of 23L that we needed to contact the tower to get across. I
disagreed.

So he called the tower and reported us as "holding short of 23L."
After a landing aircraft rolled by, tower told us to taxi to 14 and
cleared us for takeoff.

In 18 years of flying, I've never run across this before. Is this
something new, peculiar to RDU, or was he just mistaken? Whenever I've
been in this situation before, ground always was the one to tell me to
cross a runway and taxi on to my departing runway. Granted, it could
be the same controller just on a different freq....


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