just an fyi ... (the guilty know who they are)
ICAO Annex 2 Rules of the Air: 3.2.2.7.3
An aircraft taxiing on the manoeuvring area shall stop and hold at all lighted stop bars and may proceed further when the lights are switched off.
ICAO Annex 14 Aerodromes: 5.3.19.13
A stop bar is switched on to indicate that traffic stop and switched off to indicate that traffic proceed
ICAO Doc 9870 Manual on the Prevention of Runway Incursions:
4.4.1 Pilots should never cross illuminated red stop bars when lining up on, or crossing, a runway.
4.5.5 Aircraft or vehicles should never be instructed to cross illuminated red stop bars when entering or crossing a runway. In the event of unserviceable stop bars that cannot be deselected, contingency measures, such as follow‐me vehicles, should be used..
Last edited by Jimmy Do Little; 29th May 2009 at 17:31.