Originally Posted by immolated

This year from the right seat I had to physically step on the brakes to stop an age > 60'er from a runway incursion, while a plane was taking off said runway. And this was after verbalizing taxi instructions. He was so used to landing on another runway that his mind was on autopilot to get to the gate. That would've been bad, real bad... worse than an FO saying abort. Bigger threat, IMO. It goes both ways, fresh eyes in the cockpit aren't always a bad thing.

Good dude too. It can happen to anyone.