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Old 21st Nov 2011, 19:41
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Antek22QR
 
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Dear arc-en-ciel,
The most RECENT use of taxiway B (in Wroclaw) as the somewhat short and narrow "RWY 29R" was on the morning of November 11th, 2011, by the RPT aircraft ....

PS According to AOPA (US), 75 percent of runway incursions are caused by general aviation pilots (I being one of them).
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If the above is indeed correct, 25 percent of runway incursions (in the US at least) are caused by "the big boys and girls" that could offer fewer excuses for their mistakes (since they are, or should be, more thoroughly trained; they are usually more current; they usually operate with two pairs of eyes looking out of a cockpit; some of them are being helped by RAAS, etc).
PSS In the planes I fly I do not have RAAS helping me while taxing. Instead I have the old-fashioned airport charts (from Jeppesen ).

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