I thought it might be a Delta captain but I lost that bet!
Runway 8R is closed, Most of the concrete is removed, there is a fence all the way around it, a big lighted X next to the taxiway on the runway. For all practical purposes the runway does not exist, yet....
I ended up behind a guy that held short and would not cross to 8L until the tower cleared him to cross the non existant runway.
The inflection in the controllers voice when he cleared him to cross was priceless.
This is what happens when the position one holds exceeds ones experience and common sense.
Runway 8R is closed, Most of the concrete is removed, there is a fence all the way around it, a big lighted X next to the taxiway on the runway. For all practical purposes the runway does not exist, yet....
I ended up behind a guy that held short and would not cross to 8L until the tower cleared him to cross the non existant runway.
The inflection in the controllers voice when he cleared him to cross was priceless.
This is what happens when the position one holds exceeds ones experience and common sense.