Originally Posted by
aussie1234
I've always thought in this environment of threat and error management, on a purely language barrier reason, why they have airliners with a cockpit crew that one would guess have English as their second language taxi a further distance than nessisary plus cross an active runway that often has a requirement to expedite the crossing. All this while a Saab is landing on the runway right next to international. The computer may slot the 330 or 787 onto 16L/34R after a 10hr flight but can't it be overridden for the sake of common sense?
All about the inbound route they've arrived from.. if you tried to put all the props from the south west on the short runway and all the international jets from the north on the long runway you'd end up with about 4x the number of airborne cross overs and opposite direction circuits than you currently have. Would be a nightmare..