The news article quotes:
“From the cockpit, it’s almost impossible to see your own wingtip,’’ said Greg Reinhardt, a veteran commercial airline pilot with 41 years of flying experience, including six years in 767s for United Airlines. The wings start at the middle of the aircraft, well back behind you’’ and are difficult to see because of the curvature of the airplane’s cockpit, he said.
Would it really matter much if you could see your wingtip or not at those distances and with perspective distortions etc. factored in? Isn't it all based mostly on following the center-line and hoping that the designers got their calculations correct?
Former United pilot Bob Rossi, who has flown many wide-body jets, including the 767, said aircraft are not supposed to stop on taxiways without authorization, referring to the report that the smaller plane halted abruptly.
Are taxi clearances issued where there is a chance of a conflict with a different taxiway were a second aircraft on the second taxiway? Or are all taxiways designed to be interference-free of other taxiway aircraft except at intersections?