Fri May 15, 2020 9:35 am
#1769702
Dave W wrote:chevvron wrote:It may have been 'safe' in this instance but in my opinion it's bad airmanship.
The FISO could have been planning to cross an aircraft or vehicle at an intermediate taxiway whilst you were lining up and by commencing takeoff without warning, your pilot could have caused an incident.
AFISO either have the authority to control beyond the hold and give permission to take off, or they don't. And they don't.
Once an aircraft is beyond the hold at an 'Information' airfield the AFISO should consider the runway to belong to the aircraft. IMO it would be very poor "FISOship" indeed to plan to cross an aircraft or a vehicle in the way you describe.
In those circumstances the pilot would be blameless - the AFISO much less so.
Did I not say 'in my opinion'?
The 'report lined up' could have been due to an aircraft just landed which had not yet vacated and the FISO was planning to cross the aircraft/vehicle in the 'dead' period in order to maximise runway utilisation.
There's only one 'F' in Fulham