Originally Posted by
chessman
Originally Posted by
DLASflyer
Thanks for the tape but now it’s even more intriguing! The pilot of my flight sounded as surprised as me; he asked to confirm the lengthy back taxi on the runway twice. Then the pilot behind my flight asked if he can expect the same and was told no, 429 had “special circumstances.” Someone else chimes in with a “Nice try.”
Agree it's garbled, but to me, after they were asked to hold it sounded like he came back with "company says they need you airborne..." and in this context company = Delta. So the airline needed to expedite your flight for whatever reason. It happens. For context I sometimes tune in to listen to LiveATC and 'company' is used when referring to the pilot's own airline, thus it would make sense here and given the later mention of special circumstances. Could be wrong.
