A330 Almost Takes Off From Newark Taxiway

TUCKnTRUCK said:
I’d be concerned about the liability should there ever be an incident and resulting investigation such as a runway conflict. Not that I ever plan of having one, but I’ve had towers clear me across a runway at small fields which are currently occupied. LEB tower still owes my FO and I a beer. I imagine “crew intentionally disabled a safety device because it was annoying” wouldn’t age well.

That being said, I still hate it.


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Yeah. I can also seeing RAAS causing an incident also if the database isn't up to date or there are changes to the airport layout in between updates. It slices both ways I guess. Of course RAAS is labeled as a "situational awareness tool" and is sure to spell this out in the AFM limitations section for all the manufacturers' lawyers out there.
 
Skåning said:
ALWAYS take the pre TOD pee
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A lesson I learned going into ORD.

Did a status check at TOD and thought I’d make it.

Then we held.

Told the captain that as soon as we hit the gate I’d bail.

Land only to be sent to the box because our gate wasn’t open. “Change of plans. Once we hit the box, I’m out.”

Come to a stop, parking brake wasn’t even set, “Acey. Gates open, taxi via Alpha…” It’s going to be a photo finish.

We turn into the Fox alley and an Envoy ERJ had its tug die mid pushback. “I’m sorry, I’ll be back quickly.”

At least the LAV was in the back and we were able to move as SOON as I got back, creating the appearance that we stopped only for me to pee.
 
Screaming_Emu said:
A lesson I learned going into ORD.

Did a status check at TOD and thought I’d make it.

Then we held.

Told the captain that as soon as we hit the gate I’d bail.

Land only to be sent to the box because our gate wasn’t open. “Change of plans. Once we hit the box, I’m out.”

Come to a stop, parking brake wasn’t even set, “Acey. Gates open, taxi via Alpha…” It’s going to be a photo finish.

We turn into the Fox alley and an Envoy ERJ had its tug die mid pushback. “I’m sorry, I’ll be back quickly.”

At least the LAV was in the back and we were able to move as SOON as I got back, creating the appearance that we stopped only for me to pee.
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Was doing LAS-SFO once in the E-jet, we were getting a line check, we had a ground delay in LAS because of course we did. Failed to take a leak enroute, though in those days I normally didn't unless it was a long leg. Get on the ground in SFO and it's "go WAY over there and sit for 20 min," and I finally gave up and had to bail to the forward lav.

The check airman happily talked on the radio for me while I went back and we wound up taxiing in with me in the lav, of all things. "Good line check guys, seeyah."
 
Autothrust Blue said:
Was doing LAS-SFO once in the E-jet, we were getting a line check, we had a ground delay in LAS because of course we did. Failed to take a leak enroute, though in those days I normally didn't unless it was a long leg. Get on the ground in SFO and it's "go WAY over there and sit for 20 min," and I finally gave up and had to bail to the forward lav.

The check airman happily talked on the radio for me while I went back and we wound up taxiing in with me in the lav, of all things. "Good line check guys, seeyah."
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Maybe he had an "urgent" issue as well.
 
Autothrust Blue said:
Was doing LAS-SFO once in the E-jet, we were getting a line check, we had a ground delay in LAS because of course we did. Failed to take a leak enroute, though in those days I normally didn't unless it was a long leg. Get on the ground in SFO and it's "go WAY over there and sit for 20 min," and I finally gave up and had to bail to the forward lav.

The check airman happily talked on the radio for me while I went back and we wound up taxiing in with me in the lav, of all things. "Good line check guys, seeyah."
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Is that like a....wizz quiz?
 
I didn’t like RAAS at first either but after a while I got used to it and ended up not hating it toward the end of flying airplanes that had it. Years ago going into Sharjah, UAE they were doing runway construction and had shifted operations to the parallel taxiway and boy it didn’t like that at all. In hindsight we should have remembered to turn it off before we tried to takeoff but I will admit it didn’t even cross my mind until it started screaming “NO TAKEOFF ON TAXIWAY!” Funny thing is it didn’t complain about us landing on the taxiway, just taking off. I think the newer version will complain about that as well as unstable approaches and short runways amongst other things.

It was amazing how it would tell you “3000 feet remaining“ right as you are getting taxi instructions from ATC, almost every time.
 
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