Brown Field, south of San Diego has an 8,000-foot runway offering multiple intersection departures for smaller aircraft (and exits for larger ones)…
Experimental: Brown Tower, experimental ###, holding short of 26R on Bravo. Running late and ready to go.
Tower: Experimental ### hold short landing traffic … Citation on four mile final.
Experimental: Hold short 26R, ###.
Tower: Experimental ###, can you make room over there on Bravo for the Citation coming off the active?
Experimental: We’ll pull off into the run-up area, ###.
Tower: Thank you.
Experimental: Yup. But if there’s anything else we could do … like if they decide their limo needs shining … please find someone else.
Short Final…
Key Takeaways:
- An experimental aircraft at Brown Field, ready for departure, was instructed by air traffic control (ATC) to hold short for landing traffic.
- The ATC tower subsequently requested the experimental aircraft to move into the run-up area to make room for the arriving Citation jet exiting the active runway.
- The experimental aircraft complied with the instructions but expressed sarcastic frustration about the additional inconvenience caused by accommodating the commercial aircraft.
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