Hi all,
Food for thought...
Several years at London Gatwick using "After the Landing......": 0 runway incursions (personally).
1 Year in the sandpit using "Behind the landing.....": 7/month average runway incursions at the unit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Granted, Dxb an exceptional airport with MAJOR changes in airfield layout weekly so perhaps not a like for like comparison but still.... The figures say something. Interestingly also, we use stopbars 24/7 which pilots seem to ignore in many of these incidents. These are not in use during daylight hours in the UK.
Can any pilot try to explain why they would cross a red lit stopbar under any circumstance without being instructed to do so?... As a PPL I would not even consider it unless specifically instructed to do so and would then clarify it and only do so with extreme caution! This is not an antagonistic question but I would genuinely like to come up with some answers!
Not to mention the insistence of the use of only ICAO phraseology at the unit, some of which makes my hair stand on end and clearly confuses pilots of every nationality.
Some of you may not like the way the Brits do it but it works!
Cheers all
CR!