Complete nonsense. That way you can call almost anything a clearance violation rendering the term meaningless (mid air collision = clearance violation, flights not cleared to collide...)
They probably were cleared for 36C that is NOT the essential point here.
The point is that they have MISTAKEN the taxiway for the runway and the interesting question is why?
I don't think they were expecting clearance to take off from the taxiway!
Last edited by StuntPilot; 18th Feb 2010 at 20:47.