In the Slot,
What you say is all well and good but I believe you are missing the point here. I would maintain there was no doubt in the SQ006 pilots' mind that they were properly aligned for takeoff from the correct runway, just as in Tenerife in 1977, the KLM 747 commander was convinced he had been cleared for takeoff. (The PVD issue, which was debated at length in this forum last year, is a red herring. It is not meant as a tool with which to identify a runway). Surely the crucial question is, what circumstances led to this mindset? Why were the pilots satisfied that no error had been committed and all was in order?
Rockhound