 Re: Another controller being thrown under the bus.
Seems that (possibly) if that was a usual occurrence, the controller should have protected the "environment" where the airplane would exit the landing runway and taxi clear of that rwy. Being a large/heavy aircraft and maybe an unfamiliar crew, the pilot would have taxied further than normal thinking he was not yet clear of the landing rwy.
1. An aircraft is expected to taxi clear of the runway unless otherwise directed by ATC. Pilots shall not exit the landing runway on to an intersecting runway unless authorized by ATC. In the absence of ATC instructions, an aircraft should taxi clear of the landing runway by clearing the hold position marking associated with the landing runway even if that requires the aircraft to protrude into or enter another taxiway/ramp area. This does not authorize an aircraft to cross a subsequent taxiway or ramp after clearing the landing runway.
c. Ground control and local control shall protect a taxiway/runway/ramp intersection if an aircraft is required to enter that intersection to clear the landing runway. |