Airway
Reserving
- Joined
- Jun 19, 2004
- Posts
- 75
We all make mistakes, even as CFIs.
I think I topped the bunch today, though! I was going up on my own to practice some ADF work, and the winds were out of the West, and we have runway 6x24.
I got cleared to taxi to 24, and since lately the winds have always been out of the North lately, I by habit taxi to 6. Ground never tells me anything. So I go to the runup area, do my run up, hold short of the runway and announce holding short at 6 for W.Bound dept, and tower says wind280/12 runway 6 clr for takeoff. So as I begin to taxi to the rwy it hits me. 280/12...rwy 6?
So I call up the tower and ask them to taxi to 24 and admit my stupidity.
Anyone done anything stupider? I was embarassed...though I wonder why they never told me. They were closing in 15 min maybe they were looking for their keys.
I think I topped the bunch today, though! I was going up on my own to practice some ADF work, and the winds were out of the West, and we have runway 6x24.
I got cleared to taxi to 24, and since lately the winds have always been out of the North lately, I by habit taxi to 6. Ground never tells me anything. So I go to the runup area, do my run up, hold short of the runway and announce holding short at 6 for W.Bound dept, and tower says wind280/12 runway 6 clr for takeoff. So as I begin to taxi to the rwy it hits me. 280/12...rwy 6?
So I call up the tower and ask them to taxi to 24 and admit my stupidity.
Anyone done anything stupider? I was embarassed...though I wonder why they never told me. They were closing in 15 min maybe they were looking for their keys.