Anyone know what was going on at MEM on the March 22, 2006 outbound sort? Someone from the FDX Ramp Tower called the Control Tower and informed us that they would be "metering" their aircraft out of the ramp.

As the FNG training in the Tower Cab on Ground Control, I'd like to say "ROCK ON!"

It appeared that the ramp slowly emptied all FDX and Feeder aircraft during the course of the departure push. I never had more than four airplanes on my frequency that needed to be watched for sequencing at the exit Spots. Most aircraft appeared to taxi non-stop to the runway, with only minimum time waiting to depart.

How does the metering work for you folks? Do you like it, or would you rather have the mad dash to the runway so that you can be number 18 in the departure line? Do you have any idea why they metered last night, but not on other nights?

MEM_ATC