Narrative:

After disconnecting from an extended communication with our pushback crew on the terminal ramp, I asked the first officer to reconfirm our taxi clearance with ground as I had missed the response to his first call. We were cleared to 'runway 16R via txwys a, G, and B.' after turning northbound on taxiway B, we were paralleling a DC8 that was northbound on taxiway a. Approaching intersection D, the first officer switched to tower frequency as we would be #1 for takeoff. At that time the DC8 started a turn eastbound on taxiway D, right toward our taxi path/route. Both aircraft then came to a stop so as not to share the same position on the taxiway intersection. We then continued through the intersection to runway 16R, were cleared for takeoff, and departed. No mention was heard from tower at any point about the DC8 taxi traffic. No mention was made from ground control either after our taxi clearance was received. Perhaps the DC8 was holding short of taxiway B anyway, and I was simply unaware of his clearance. Perhaps ground control made mention of the DC8, but we had already switched to tower frequency. Recurrence could be prevented by: 1) ground control issuing traffic/sequence after our original clearance to taxi. 2) staying with ground controller until physically at the departure end of the runway, instead of just approaching it.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-300 TAXIING FOR TKOF AT RENO HAD TO STOP TAXIING BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT SURE IF A DC8 WOULD TURN INTO THEM FROM A PARALLEL TXWY.

Narrative: AFTER DISCONNECTING FROM AN EXTENDED COM WITH OUR PUSHBACK CREW ON THE TERMINAL RAMP, I ASKED THE FO TO RECONFIRM OUR TAXI CLRNC WITH GND AS I HAD MISSED THE RESPONSE TO HIS FIRST CALL. WE WERE CLRED TO 'RWY 16R VIA TXWYS A, G, AND B.' AFTER TURNING NBOUND ON TXWY B, WE WERE PARALLELING A DC8 THAT WAS NBOUND ON TXWY A. APCHING INTXN D, THE FO SWITCHED TO TWR FREQ AS WE WOULD BE #1 FOR TKOF. AT THAT TIME THE DC8 STARTED A TURN EBOUND ON TXWY D, RIGHT TOWARD OUR TAXI PATH/RTE. BOTH ACFT THEN CAME TO A STOP SO AS NOT TO SHARE THE SAME POS ON THE TXWY INTXN. WE THEN CONTINUED THROUGH THE INTXN TO RWY 16R, WERE CLRED FOR TKOF, AND DEPARTED. NO MENTION WAS HEARD FROM TWR AT ANY POINT ABOUT THE DC8 TAXI TFC. NO MENTION WAS MADE FROM GND CTL EITHER AFTER OUR TAXI CLRNC WAS RECEIVED. PERHAPS THE DC8 WAS HOLDING SHORT OF TXWY B ANYWAY, AND I WAS SIMPLY UNAWARE OF HIS CLRNC. PERHAPS GND CTL MADE MENTION OF THE DC8, BUT WE HAD ALREADY SWITCHED TO TWR FREQ. RECURRENCE COULD BE PREVENTED BY: 1) GND CTL ISSUING TFC/SEQUENCE AFTER OUR ORIGINAL CLRNC TO TAXI. 2) STAYING WITH GND CTLR UNTIL PHYSICALLY AT THE DEP END OF THE RWY, INSTEAD OF JUST APCHING IT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.