A pilot departing publication reported ATC held his takeoff clearance for nine minutes while other a...

Attributes
ACN	849359
Time
Date	200908
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	PUB.Airport
State Reference	CO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 4 Flight Crew Total 1000 Flight Crew Type 700
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Local controller held us for takeoff for more than 9 minutes. Many opportunities to have us depart; put us between arrivals; put us or other traffic on alternate runways; etc. ATC did none. When we taxied out a beech 1900 airliner did not have engines running. He took them off on crossing runway and held us for crossing traffic after we had held for more than 5 minutes. One aircraft doing touch and go's did 2 in front of us. When finally released he cleared us for takeoff and immediately demanded a read back while I was on the takeoff roll. I prefer to direct all my attention to the aircraft; not some incompetent sitting in the tower. Training and supervision lacking at publication.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot departing PUB reported ATC held his takeoff clearance for nine minutes while other aircraft did touch and goes; aircraft taxiing later were cleared for takeoff first and space between arrivals was not utilized.

Narrative: Local Controller held us for takeoff for more than 9 minutes. Many opportunities to have us depart; put us between arrivals; put us or other traffic on alternate runways; etc. ATC did none. When we taxied out a Beech 1900 airliner did not have engines running. He took them off on crossing runway and held us for crossing traffic after we had held for more than 5 minutes. One aircraft doing touch and go's did 2 in front of us. When finally released he cleared us for takeoff and immediately demanded a read back while I was on the takeoff roll. I prefer to direct all my attention to the aircraft; not some incompetent sitting in the Tower. Training and supervision lacking at PUB.

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.

A pilot departing publication reported ATC held his takeoff clearance for nine minutes while other aircraft did touch and goes; aircraft taxiing later were cleared for takeoff first and space between arrivals was not utilized.