[Paleo Conservative]

I called friends at Delta early this morning and got the scoop. They know what happened. The media is no help today at all.

Shouldn't the pilot have figured out he was on the wrong runway just by looking at his compass? Don't pilots have to know information about the airports they fly into?

[Pukin Dog]

Shouldn't the pilot have figured out he was on the wrong runway just by looking at his compass? Don't pilots have to know information about the airports they fly into?

Forgive me, but your question is like asking me shouldn't I cook my hamburgers to well-done instead of rare.

The answers are all yes, but that don't mean it gets done.

[Pukin Dog]

I'm sorry, but Trace Gallager is just making me nauseous. I'm in a bad mood. Time to switch to the NFL channel and be happy again.

[jcs1744]

You don't really do that unless you are assigned a different heading after takeoff. Large airports often have more than one runway on the same heading, so its futile exercise if you're trying to takeoff on 35R, your compass says 350, but you're cleared for takeoff on 35L.

There are plenty of signs indicating the runway you are turning onto. The controller should've probably saw something was amiss too.