Narrative:

Overworked 1 person doing all tasks and holding short runway 23R an air carrier Y flight pull in front of us in a very tight proximity to our aircraft. Tower then cleared us for takeoff and were unable due to the location of the other aircraft. Tower controller then canceled our clearance and we waited. Very little control is present at rdu at XA00 with numerous aircraft departing similar to lexington; ky.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR PLT DESCRIBED POTENTIAL GND CONFLICT AT RDU AT APCH FOR RWY23R COMMENTING; CTLR WAS OVERWORKED.

Narrative: OVERWORKED 1 PERSON DOING ALL TASKS AND HOLDING SHORT RWY 23R AN ACR Y FLT PULL IN FRONT OF US IN A VERY TIGHT PROX TO OUR ACFT. TWR THEN CLRED US FOR TKOF AND WERE UNABLE DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE OTHER ACFT. TWR CTLR THEN CANCELED OUR CLRNC AND WE WAITED. VERY LITTLE CTL IS PRESENT AT RDU AT XA00 WITH NUMEROUS ACFT DEPARTING SIMILAR TO LEXINGTON; KY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.