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Old 10th Apr 2001, 20:29
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fireflybob
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Never understood the point of taxiing too fast.
A couple of comments:-

Taxi speed varies exponentially as your distance from the Chief Pilot's/Training Captain's office!

Judge the airmanship and ability of the pilot by the way he taxies to the holding point - it speaks volumes.

Reminds me of a certain Chief Pilot who was very well respected and always taxied very "sedately". He was flying with a new First Officer who asked "Why do you taxi so slowly?!!" The first time I saw him at a loss for words!

It's just a matter of time before this sort of activity ends in disaster. Aircraft were designed to be in the air and when on the ground are in one of their more dangerous states - my advice is "Take Care!"

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