Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
...

If the tower cleared the airplane to the correct runway and the pilots
taxied to a different one, how does the tower share in this blame?



ATC will no doubt be assigned a share of the blame. But if the pilot
reports ready to go at the assigned runway when he's actually at a different
one, and there is a Comair at the assigned runway, it's easy for the local
controller to miss the error.

I certainly always appreciate when ATC catches a mistake that I make or
am about to make, but as PIC the bottom line is that it is still my
responsibility for any errors, not ATC's.

Matt