Switching to ground after landing
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:32 am
Hello,
The other day I landed my plane in PilotEdge after a VFR flight. When I was clear of the runway, I switched to Ground frequency, reported that I was clear of the runway and asked for taxi clearance to parking. The PilotEdge controller told me that I should not have switched to Ground without first getting permission to do so from Tower. So after that, I started reporting that I was clear of runway to the tower and asked taxi clearance to tower in PilotEdge. The controllers are happy with that and usually give me taxi direction and sometime tell me to monitor ground.
But on my next real life pilot lesson, I asked my CFI the same question as we were clearing the runway and he told me specifically to switch to ground without telling anything to the tower. Usually tower tells me to switch to ground before I clear the runway, but sometimes they don't and my CFI was clear that in that scenario, I should switch to ground to get taxi clearance to parking and I don't need to say anything to tower at this point.
So who is right and what is the correct procedure here?
Thanks,
Philippe
The other day I landed my plane in PilotEdge after a VFR flight. When I was clear of the runway, I switched to Ground frequency, reported that I was clear of the runway and asked for taxi clearance to parking. The PilotEdge controller told me that I should not have switched to Ground without first getting permission to do so from Tower. So after that, I started reporting that I was clear of runway to the tower and asked taxi clearance to tower in PilotEdge. The controllers are happy with that and usually give me taxi direction and sometime tell me to monitor ground.
But on my next real life pilot lesson, I asked my CFI the same question as we were clearing the runway and he told me specifically to switch to ground without telling anything to the tower. Usually tower tells me to switch to ground before I clear the runway, but sometimes they don't and my CFI was clear that in that scenario, I should switch to ground to get taxi clearance to parking and I don't need to say anything to tower at this point.
So who is right and what is the correct procedure here?
Thanks,
Philippe