Reposition to other gates using tow

[thatflyerdownunder]

Now that GSX fully supports 'reverse pushback' it should now theoretically be possible to pushback from a gate using GSX, and then be towed to another gate by the tug using the same logic that the follow me car uses.

[virtuali]

Exactly, pull was first required, and in this first step of the implementation, we added:

- Custom Pushback

- Return To Gate

In the future, these will be expanded with:

- Push-in

- Gate-To-Gate

[thatflyerdownunder]

Will we able to select which taxiways to taxi via once the feature arrives? Also, Is there any timeline for this?

[Captain Kevin]

Umberto, you mention push-in and gate to gate. Is tow-in going to be an option. I'm customizing the parking at KSFO now for push-pull, and I see on the charts that there are some gates where widebody planes must tow in at all times, and others where they must tow in if they come to a stop before reaching the stop bar since jet blast would be an issue.

[thatflyerdownunder]

What do you think 'Push-in' means Kevin 🤣

[Captain Kevin]

What do you think 'Push-in' means Kevin 🤣

Push-in to me means this:

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When I say tow-in, I mean being pulled into the gate, not pushed into the gate.

[virtuali]

When I say tow-in, I mean being pulled into the gate, not pushed into the gate.

Since we have both push and pull, it's clear that we could do both push-ins and tow-ins because, what makes them different, it's just the final heading of the parking spot itself.

Yes, of course we could have had push-in before (when GSX could only push) but, since it surely a way less common procedure than tow-in, it might have not been worth adding it before having the pull.