I am currently flying from Boston (BOS) to Frankfurt (EDDF) with a United 777-300ER.
When I was taxiing from my gate/parking to Runway 22L the ground controller told me to cross runway 15R which I was not able to cross yet and they knew I was not able to cross yet (I was on a parallel taxiway and there was no cross taxiway in front of me to turn on and cross the runway). After I crossed that runway, the controller immediately told me to switch to Tower even though they knew I still had another runway to cross and quite a bit more ground to taxi. They knew which runway I was taxiing to and there was only one way to get there⌠I replied with âstand byâ and 3-5 seconds later the controller told me to switch to Tower (this repeated 2 more times). I was eventually reached and was able to request to cross 22R and then switched to Tower.
To ground controllers, slow down and be patient please⌠There was one other plane at there and it was on the other side of the airport⌠Iâll get there and when I do Iâll switch to Tower⌠Just let me taxi⌠If you know I/someone canât cross a runway, donât instruct me/them to cross that runwayâŚ