The 3/29/18 7110.65 change has added a paragraph (3-7-2f) that no longer requires that a vehicle, operating on a runway, receive approval to cross an intersecting runway (3-7-2e remains, requiring a crossing instruction other than when on a runway).
3-7-2f states that vehicles on a runway are authorized to cross intersecting runways unless otherwise restricted. At JFK, we've had controllers "lecturing" vehicles who, while operating on a runway, are asking for approval to cross an intersecting runway (as they always have) and the controller is telling them the crossing clearance is no longer required in this instance.
This all goes contrary to what has been, historically, a move toward no runway crossings without specific crossing instructions. We're trying to figure out why the FAA would loosen the restrictions and add a paragraph permitting a runway crossing by a vehicle on another runway without a controller's clearance.
Of course, the controller should be issuing a hold short instruction if needed but, should the controller "forget" to issue the hold-short, the vehicle would not cross the other runway without approval; that "failsafe" has been removed.
The briefing guide is rather vague as to the intent of this particular change. Can anyone shed any light on this subject?
Thanks.
3-7-2f states that vehicles on a runway are authorized to cross intersecting runways unless otherwise restricted. At JFK, we've had controllers "lecturing" vehicles who, while operating on a runway, are asking for approval to cross an intersecting runway (as they always have) and the controller is telling them the crossing clearance is no longer required in this instance.
This all goes contrary to what has been, historically, a move toward no runway crossings without specific crossing instructions. We're trying to figure out why the FAA would loosen the restrictions and add a paragraph permitting a runway crossing by a vehicle on another runway without a controller's clearance.
Of course, the controller should be issuing a hold short instruction if needed but, should the controller "forget" to issue the hold-short, the vehicle would not cross the other runway without approval; that "failsafe" has been removed.
The briefing guide is rather vague as to the intent of this particular change. Can anyone shed any light on this subject?
Thanks.