The question about what would happen is another operator did a gear-up in front of us was usually met with a lot of "Ahem"ing at looking at of shoes!
Taxiways are all capable of taking a landing in such an unlikely emergency that you cannot hold while the clearing the RW.
By unlikely I mean the coincidence of
1. An aircraft immediately in front of you landing gear up.
2. You having absolute min fuel, ie you have used your contingency
3. The airport has no other runways
Declare a pan and use the taxiway, better than the ocean.
If I fly to a port without a full parallel taxiway and only single runway I make sure there is extra.
Last edited by astinapilot; 22nd May 2013 at 10:13.