On Mar 31, 8:48 pm, "Peter Dohm" wrote:


There are pilots here who fly large aircraft, and who therefore know the
correct procedures for taxiing, but they may be too annoyed to respond since
they would be instructing Mxsmanic as well. IMHO, they are correct, since
everyone who has reason to move large aircraft has access to specific
instruction.

Peter, this is a very insightful post you have made. You are wise
beyond your experience level. You are the only one so far who has made
reference to what we call the load bearing surface of taxiways. The
main reason for overstearing is to keep the MLG on this load bearing
surface.At smaller airports, it also keeps the engines over the
taxiway where there is less FOD, snowbanks, etc..
I have to respectfully disagree with you on the MX issue. He is only
one poster, and is easily ignored. The problem is all the other self
appointed aviation experts on this list that chase most experienced
people off. A good case in point is a thread I saw a few months ago
about an airline crew experiencing a near midair. This story was
obviously fabricated (The OP later admited it was), and yet the people
who pointed this out were flamed by the self appointed experts, some
even AFTER the OP admited the story was embelished. Another good
example is the threads dealing with aerodynamics. Here is where alot
of the EXPERTS beleager stuff well beyond the point of anything having
to do with the actual flying of an aircraft. When someone DOES post a
correct answer, the experts often ignore it and just keep on arguing.
For kicks I have looked at the "View Profile" function and this makes
it easy to see if a guy has ever had anything useful to add.Sadly, it
is these types who make people decide that they have better things to
do with their time.
Hope you get back to it soon.
KB


Peter