Originally Posted by
cattletruck
Many rotor wing pilots also have fixed wing endorsements (including me) and understand the flow of movements on the apron. I see in the second picture there is an aircraft down the runway which looks like it's engaged in take-off. Chances are ATC cleared the helicopter in the picture to cross the runway and pass behind that aircraft, and had not yet issued you with a take-off clearance, which would be wrong as the other fixed wing aircraft was still very close to you.
No, that aircraft you can see down the runway is back-tracking towards me. I am holding for take off clearance. I knew I had plenty of time to pick-up my phone and take the picture of what i thought was an interesting scene, as the back tracking a/c had to come all the way up to the taxi-way where the helicopter is in order to exit the runway. It is a very busy airfield, and in fact that a/c had caused some annoyance/disruption to the flow by landing long on the crossing rwy necessitating the long backtrack of shame.