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Was this East or West?
ThanksIt was East cause it was a 752 and the flight number is above 699.
Pilots should be able to shave before taking a left seat.
Sadly, this is one of the FAA's biggest hot buttons because they happen practically every day to every airline with pilots of all levels of experience in all aircraft types.
Since I'm former Mesa...I figure I'll keep my mouth shut on this one and just say "Whammy...Double Whammy..."
This is also typical of your garden variety runway incursions.
TO the US crews defense:
The US crew was of the mindset that they requested to cross 9L.
The PHL controller never said "HOLD SHORT" of the runway (9L). He instead gave a string of taxi route clearances to them. Their mindset took over and they crossed.
Many factors involved but this is one thing that stands out in my mind.
EAST? WEST? Gimme a break. This could happen to anyone.
Took long enough for the media to get a hold of this
I've attached the recording of Local West working 9R and at the end you'll hear Local East just after he canceled AWI3973s TO clearance and have him exit at Tango. I've also attached the taxi route assigned and the one used. That US Air guy was way out of his element since LW never said a single word about "cross". I'm sure he was overworked and fatigued. Sounds very tired.
Audio
www.fredclausen.com/PHL_Runway_Incursion.mp3
Diagram
www.fredclausen.com/PHL_Runway_Incursion.JPG
In defence of the US Airways crew. They specificaly asked ATC to clarify if they were clear to cross 9L.
The controller never answers their question but instead admonishes them with "I gave you taxi instructions"
The question is: Why in the 21st century are we still talking on the radio to relay ATC instructions?
The worst aviation accident in history [Tenarife] was caused by this same sort of thing.