Originally Posted by
noflynomore
Your utterly unwarranted assumption re heading straight for t/o is exactly the irrational reaction I was trying to illustrate - I explained this quite clearly and despite that you have just jumped straight into accusatory remarks utterly contrary to any suggestion of mine and exactly as I was trying to illustrate!
Yes, it's an assumption.
No, it's no more unwarranted than your own assumption that, having got back onto the taxiway under power, the captain was going to head for the gate or the hangar instead of the runway.