New Taxi Into Position and Hold Rules

Some of you might have noticed a change this past February regarding Taxi Into Position and Hold (TIPH) procedures used by air traffic controllers. While air traffic rules are slightly different at each ATC facility, due to local procedures, waivers, etc. Smaller airports, such as Flying Cloud and Crystal, have largely similar procedures. A controller will only allow an aircraft to taxi into position and hold when the local control position (tower frequency) is not consolidated with any other non-local control position. In layman's terms, this means... more >>>