Airbubba...FMS bridge visual final waypoint is on the extended runway centerline. (unlike quiet bridge visual which is not) They COULD have had the ILS tuned to check.
Map shift or not, the procedure is visual from 4.4 DME
I am not certain if it is common practice, but when flight validating RNP procedures, as a check, the #2 seat is tuned to the ILS to backcheck the alignment, so it is possible.
That the active runway looks so obvious at night in comparison to the taxiway -- by design -- only deepens the puzzle of why this incident happened. We want to get to the root cause so we can attempt to prevent other incidents in the future.
I agree...but. The pilots have, according to the prelim NTSB report, denied they saw aircraft on the taxiway, in fact, they denied being on the taxiway. They did not secure the CVR. They came within inches of aircraft sitting on the taxiway. As there was 'no incident', there was no mandatory substance test.
Would one expect the 2 drivers to be at least stood down pending the findings?