Originally Posted by
BTSM
Maybe the appalling RT discipline used by many American pilots is to blame.
It is a case of who can "out cool" eachother with the trendiest replies.
If the take off clearance (with runway) had been read back as opposed to just " Roger", or "Rolling", or "cleared to go" then maybe this would not have happened.
Cr@p. If you THINK you're on 22 when you aren't, no amount of "proper" readbacks would have made the slightest difference.
Nobody in their right mind is suggesting they
deliberately decided to use 26, surely.