electricjetjock
Having given Betty a hard time do you guys operate the 777-300? If not then ???????
I can't see how i did,other's maybe but not me. In response to the second part of your statement,i haven't operated the 777-300.
my company has surveyed airports that have "difficult" taxyways and we have special taxy charts. Perhaps EK need to do the same
The turn the ek flight took is 'unusual' in that it is not a 'normal' turn for any a/c. What i mean by 'not a normal turn' is that one would only take it if vacating the runway and then turning back on the t/way to line up on r/w 23. It's very unlikely that this would be discussed in any form of briefing,perhaps it was,conjecture on my part. A basic layout of the taxiways for those not familiar with gla:
http://www.flyglasgowdirect.co.uk/info2.htm
At places like LHR, the controllers will not allow a/c to to use certain points to enter,vacate or hold short of the runway, as they deem them 'not suitable'