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> it was expected that we knew where the runway was and would call the tower for takeoff in due course > But pilots botched up from time to time, blundering int
by BWStearns 3y ago
> it was expected that we knew where the runway was and would call the tower for takeoff in due course
> But pilots botched up from time to time, blundering into blind-alley taxiways or heading across an active runway. So taxi instructions gradually got more complex and wordy
Amusingly there's now Foreflight so you really shouldn't need directions now unless there's some unpublished barrier to getting there via the shortest route. I imagine this adaptation to previous issues is now a contributing factor to present issues.
- wkat4242 3y agoIf you blunder onto an active runway you've really missed a lot of cues like big flashing red lights. I've never used foreflight though. It doesn't seem to be very common here in GA.