Originally Posted by TonyC
I've given the runway assignment topic a bit of thought, and have an idea that I think might be worthy of discussion and possible pursuit. We all know before pushback if we'll be needing the long runway for departure. Why not include a request or a flag with the pushback call to Ramp Tower, and let Ramp Tower pass the information along to Memphis Ground Control? Or, perhaps even better still, attach that information to the Beacon Call - - I don't know if it matters, but perhaps it could influence the order of beacon/push.
I've been doing that for years. I also think on the MD11, if heavy, we should give approach control a heads up about our approach speed. Always a problem when they give 170Kts to the OM and most traffic slow to 130-140k from the OM to touchdown and we can only slow to 165kts.