"Teacherjh" wrote in message
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but is a clearance to cross other runways that
intersect the taxi route to that assigned takeoff runway.


Ok, so you are cleared to runway 21. One taxi route takes you across
runway
8-26, another equally direct one does not. You are not given a taxi
route.

I take it (in the US) you may choose your route and cross 8-26.

Anybody take it differently?

Jose

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Jose,

No, I have always been given a route when cleared to taxi to the assigned
runway. If it is not a direct route,you get intersection turns and generally
holds at any intersecting active runways.

Once at a large airport I needed to get to a radio shop on the other side of
the field. The PTT on the mike fell apart when I ack.the taxi instructions
to FS after landing.
I called the tower, by phone,from the FS and told them my dilemma &
intentions. Winds were light and variable,so they were using all 3 runways
and I had to cross all three. We agreed to use non-radio with me monitoring
the ground frequency(they were quite busy). I would taxi to an active and
hold till I got the green light to cross it. It made fast work of the trip
as each time I got the light,he was talking to another plane somewhere else
on the field.
The point of all this is that proper communications are the key to success.

As far as the Hamburg incident,sorry I can't resist!

"What we have here is a failure to communicate!" 8^)

Marty