Ecstatic! I flew my first flight on PE
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 4:53 am
Hello,
Im new to pilot edge. I flew my first flight from Las Vegas McCarran to LAX. Wow, what an experience. But what would a first flight really be without a couple of errors and embarrassing moments?
So I was hoping my fellow Pilot Edge friends could help me out. So, when I arrived at LAX runway 25R with my 737 800, I kind of lost my ability to keep up with the controller regarding taxi arrival instructions. I was too busy trying to exit the runway and determine which gate I needed to head to.
So my questions are:
Does the tower controller assign you a parking gate or do I need to request that during approach?
After landing and slowing on the runway, do I chose my own runway exit or does the tower controller decide that?
Do I assume the tower contoller will hand me off to ground or do I just switch to ground myself after exiting the runway.
I apologize if these questions are elementary, but I just could not find the answers searching on my own.
Thank in adance!
Captain MD
Im new to pilot edge. I flew my first flight from Las Vegas McCarran to LAX. Wow, what an experience. But what would a first flight really be without a couple of errors and embarrassing moments?
So I was hoping my fellow Pilot Edge friends could help me out. So, when I arrived at LAX runway 25R with my 737 800, I kind of lost my ability to keep up with the controller regarding taxi arrival instructions. I was too busy trying to exit the runway and determine which gate I needed to head to.
So my questions are:
Does the tower controller assign you a parking gate or do I need to request that during approach?
After landing and slowing on the runway, do I chose my own runway exit or does the tower controller decide that?
Do I assume the tower contoller will hand me off to ground or do I just switch to ground myself after exiting the runway.
I apologize if these questions are elementary, but I just could not find the answers searching on my own.
Thank in adance!
Captain MD