think we need to forget ( about all these fancy GPS/What have you systems and get back to basics, where pilots actually piloted aircraft...
IE, be in the right place at the right time on you're own reckoning
Simplistic response but basically true?
Simplistic indeed. Having been in Wroclaw often, my first thought was: how could they? But we are all humans and maybe there is a pilot/crew that never make a mistake. I have yet to meet them, including myself here I have seen many mistakes made. Even by people I consider to be better pilots than I am.
Ground markings/signing is a huge issue IMO and the fact that these incidents happen time and again speaks volumes. Dunno about the ATR, but my airplane for example has no wipers, just a repellent on the shield plus a fan that clears a cigarette box sized part on the inner, lower corners of the windshield. Add light shining in your face and you see nothing.
BTW, if not knowing where you are wouldnt be an issue, EGWS would not have been developed, donīt you think?