Jedi_Cheese
Would you like to to declare over the radio whenever I move from where I am? Now 55 ft down Taxiway Alpha said:
What are you, about 12? Can;t understand anything unless it is in the extreme?
Part of airmanship is understanding WHY we do things, not just doing them. Evidently, you still have a ways to go in this regard.
As someone who operated corporate jets out of uncontrolled fields for five years, I can tell you that there are a number of reasons to announce your initial taxi, crossing runways, and, of course, your takeoff.
Many pilots only fire up their radio just prior to taking the runway, completely unaware that there is a jet who has been reporting his approach to the runway (or a longer, intersecting runway) for the last 20 miles (a mile goes pretty fast at 4-5 miles per minute). Also, how do you even know your radio works? Or that your mike is plugged in, or not shorted?
I'm sure someone will turn this into a debate about crop dusters not having radios, or how we did things in the 1930's, but I am not interested in that one. A radio is one more layer of safety. Use it.