Blackhawk
Well-Known Member
While not a defense there have been a number of cases of aircraft landing on the taxiways at KATL. For a while one or more taxiways have actually been used as runways while long term construction was occurring on a runway. In every case that I am aware of there was some sort of distraction by one of the pilots- doing paper work when they should be looking outside, a last minute runway change... etc. Again, it gets back to complacency. You do the same repetitive task 100's if not 1000's of times and you begin to think you do not need to give it 100% of your attention. Throw in a little fatigue, maybe a little last minute change, then you get bit.