Originally Posted by
AKASHA
I'm gonna go out on a limb here...
The Captain of an A380 can effectively taxi the airplane at all times.
But that wasn't my question... better luck next time and thanks for playing
I was alluding to the possibility of the Captain attending to something inside the cockpit and allowing the FO to "keep it going straight." This does happen from time to time. But if he's got a tiller, well then heck, why not just taxi it all the way to the runway. Plus, as someone mentioned earlier, there were two captains on board, so definitely a possibility.