Apa controller voiced concern regarding the locally mandated taxi phraseology; indicating the phrase...

Narrative:

We have been ordered to use non-standard phraseology to pilots to taxi aircraft to the runways. To taxi an aircraft to the runway; our mandated phraseology is 'taxi to alpha 1 run-up area via alpha; expect runway 17L' or 'taxi to charlie 1 run-up area via the ramp; expect runway 10'. When the aircraft calls ready for departure; our mandated phraseology is 'runway 17L; taxi via alpha 1; monitor tower'. When I issued the runway assignment to aircraft X; he first stated 'taxi to A1...' and did not read back the runway' and I had to reiterate the runway again and he stated 'runway 17L' and he switched to tower. There was no one on final and when local control grabbed for the strip to clear the aircraft for departure; he observed the aircraft crossing the hold lines at taxiway A1. This has happened on numerous occasions since we made this phraseology change. When I gave these confusing instructions to another pilot about an hour earlier; even he stated on frequency that he was confused as to the instructions that were given to him and please repeat them which I did. Today; I had 4 aircraft who did not comply to my instructions by pulling up to the runway hold lines and not into the run-up area to do their run-up. Recommendation; stop using non-standard phraseology.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: APA Controller voiced concern regarding the locally mandated taxi phraseology; indicating the phraseology is confusing to users and has led confusion and runway incursions.

Narrative: We have been ordered to use non-standard phraseology to pilots to taxi aircraft to the runways. To taxi an aircraft to the runway; our mandated phraseology is 'Taxi to Alpha 1 Run-up area via Alpha; expect Runway 17L' or 'Taxi to Charlie 1 Run-up area via the ramp; expect Runway 10'. When the aircraft calls ready for departure; our mandated phraseology is 'Runway 17L; taxi via Alpha 1; monitor Tower'. When I issued the Runway assignment to Aircraft X; he first stated 'Taxi to A1...' and did not read back the Runway' and I had to reiterate the Runway again and he stated 'Runway 17L' and he switched to tower. There was no one on final and when Local Control grabbed for the strip to clear the aircraft for departure; he observed the aircraft crossing the hold lines at Taxiway A1. This has happened on numerous occasions since we made this phraseology change. When I gave these confusing instructions to another pilot about an hour earlier; even he stated on frequency that he was confused as to the instructions that were given to him and please repeat them which I did. Today; I had 4 aircraft who did not comply to my instructions by pulling up to the Runway Hold lines and not into the Run-up area to do their run-up. Recommendation; stop using non-standard phraseology.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	957448
Time
Date	201107
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	APA.Airport
State Reference	CO
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Route In Use	None
Person 1
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Apa controller voiced concern regarding the locally mandated taxi phraseology; indicating the phraseology is confusing to users and has led confusion and runway incursions.