Airman Certification Standards
ACS AI.II.C
Runway Incursion Avoidance
Knowledge
Runway incursion definition.
Taxi instructions/clearances.
The importance of recording taxi instructions and reviewing taxi routes on the airport diagram.
Airport markings, signs, and lights including the importance of hold lines associated with runways.
Appropriate flight deck activities during taxiing, including taxi route planning, briefing the location of Hot Spots, communicating and coordinating with ATC.
Communication and operational procedures at uncontrolled airports.
Risk Management
Distractions, task prioritization, loss of situational awareness, or disorientation.
Confirmation or expectation bias as related to taxi instructions.
Entering or crossing runways.
Night taxi operations.
Low visibility taxi operations.
Runway incursion after landing.
Operating on taxiways between parallel runways.
Skill
Deliver instruction on the elements and techniques for runway incursion avoidance.
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