On Sep 9, 2:13*pm, Steve Hix wrote:

And got my act together. Although to this day, I'm a bit twitchy about
ground operations and clearances.

I absolutely can relate Steve as I work out of an uncontrolled
airport. Taxiways wider then my home base runway, I can fully
understand how that kind of mistake can be made (I haven't done that
myself!) There is a vast amount of concrete out there!

I get the willies having complex taxi instructions at any controlled
airport and without hesitation will ask for progressives with turns.

Even posted a video of this :-) when I was at KBTR as I wasn't going
to turn down any tool available to me.

Like Chris suggests, study the AFD but even then you still need to be
aware of taxiway closures ATIS announcements and the like. All the
best laid out plans do go awry at least for me. And no matter what
others may thing, I'd rather sound stupid on the radio then do
something stupid on the ground. When I fly with other pilots and I
act as safety (I am not a CFI) I tell them when in doubt ask.