This chap/chapess was not particularly bright, admittedly. Still I can't help playing the devil's advocate: Imagine there was no R/T available, as can happen for many reasons, what were her/his options for knowing what runway to use? Is there a signal square, and if so, what are its implications? Round here in BE, landing against the indicated heading would be considered very grave - but there is no obligation to carry, or use, a radio. In France, OTOH, signal squares are being phased out rapidly, and pilots have every liberty to pick their runway as seems best to them. At non-controlled fields, that is. But they must and do communicate what they are doing with great ability - mostly.
Last edited by Jan Olieslagers; 6th Jun 2016 at 06:54.