_dwj_ wrote:According to Robyn, the correct answer is 4:
http://www.flyingstart.ca/FlightTraining/PSTAR/3Qs.htm
And that is what I would have chosen. I got 50/50 on my PSTAR, but I don't know if that question was on it or not - I just have the answer sheet.
See Robyn's commentary for why answer [1] is wrong.
Anyway, in real life you should always ask ATC to confirm if you are at all unsure whether you have a clearance for something.
_dwj_ if you read the question a second time it states:
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A pilot is cleared to taxi to the runway in use without a hold short clearance. To get there, the aircraft must cross two taxiways and one runway. This authorizes the pilot to taxi to
Now it is clear that you did not get a hold short. Does that mean the taxi clearance was:
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"F-ABC taxi delta, charlie cross 07-25 to runway 16, call tower 118.1 read to go"
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"F-ABC taxi delta, charlie to runway 16, call tower 118.1 read to go"
I personally think that both clearances could be possible as posed in the question. Neither have a hold short. One has an explicit runway crossing instruction and you are good to go. One does not. From having this go round on more than one occasion I have come to the conclusion that TC implied the first example when the question was created.
The other thing is I assume and perhaps a tower controller can verify this but ManOps would dictate that a taxi clearance must include crossing instructions for all runways. This could be totally wrong but from experience seems to hold true.
For those reasons I feel that 1. is the MOST correct.
Hedley:
Question for you, how can you be sure as you are on Ground that a runway is in fact inactive? I don't think there is a 100% reliable way to do this unless you have been given explicit instructions for crossing. It is possible that someone has requested the cross wind runway for training, got it and you don't know.