Crashing on takeoff... how odd

Matt Whiting wrote in
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Judah wrote:

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in
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"Judah" wrote in message
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Matt Whiting wrote in
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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?

On what basis are you assuming that he was cleared to the correct
runway?


He's not. He said IF the tower cleared the airplane to the correct
runway.



I read the inflection of the "If" as a statement of presumption, not as
the subject of the query. But you're right - I could have misread the
intent.

I was speculating that the clearance was correct, but even if it wasn't,
I make the same assertion - it is the pilots' fault if they took off on
a runway too short for their operating conditions. What part of PIC
don't you understand?

When did I claim that it wasn't the pilots' fault? I was simply asking why
you assumed that they were cleared for the correct runway?