Short Final: An Abundance Of Caution

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Key Takeaways:

  • A Bonanza pilot at JFK was taxiing between two Southwest Boeing 737s.
  • Air traffic control correctly issued a "caution jet wash" warning for the first 737.
  • The controller then unusually issued a "caution prop wash" warning for the second, identical Boeing 737.
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From IFR Magazine reader Ashok Joshi:

Taxiing to depart for our home in New Hampshire after picking my wife up at New York JFK Airport in my Bonanza, I was in line between a pair of Southwest Boeing 737s. As we waited for clearance to cross Runway 13/31, the ground controller said, “Southwest 123 cleared to cross Runway 13/31 on Echo. Bonanza 3680 Romeo, taxi to holding line; caution jet wash.”

After clearing me to cross the runway a minute later, ground control instructed the second 737, “Southwest 456, taxi to the holding line; caution prop wash.”

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