"Brien K. Meehan" wrote:

zatatime wrote:
No where that I know of. At a towered airport you need trust in the
tower.

I must say this is unsafe advice.

I've avoided being squished by landing aircraft TWICE by checking
before taking the runway at towered airports.

Always, always, always make sure no one is landing before you take any
runway. YOU are responsible, not the tower controller, for the safety
of your flight.


Exactly, I was in a commercial jet that was told to P&H on the runway.
Soon thereafter the plane taxied to the first turnoff and I saw
another plane on final. I can be on the runway and airborne
quickly. P&H is asinine. If the traffic flow is thatv busy then
build a new runway...or stagger flights better.

Ron Lee