Well, you’ve solidified yourself as a f’n moron. That controller just saved hundreds of lives. Had he looked away or not been on his game, this could have been an entirely different thread.

Irony that we just rolled out new procedures that affect some of the most critical moments of flight with zero training outside of an iPad bulletin?

I read they aborted at 103KIAS but that was just from comments on a post so take it FWIW.

There but for the Grace of God Go I, but a couple questions one of which was already asked above.

Do AA 777s have RAAS? Also, does AA not have an iPad or similar with live ground mapping?

Personally I can't imagine taking off and flying to London after this incident.

A possible Class A incident and you continue on duty will be something the NTSB will follow up on. This flight crew needed to call a time out, taxi back and remove themselves from the flight. I wonder if AA allowed them the fly the return trip back to the US.

Maybe they really thought they were golden and would be vindicated by the tapes. Who knows what they were thinking, but I do know I feel bad for them.

They did not work the return flight.

Depends. If they debriefed and called their duty officer, then there's no particular regulatory reason not to continue. They did not have a near miss that might have traumatized them, DAL rejected and the AA crew didn't know anything until after it was over.

Certainly hope they honestly assessed their own fitness afterwards, but a pilot error does not make you unfit in and of itself.

I don’t see the irony. I’ve looked at the new procedures and don’t see anything that could remotely effect this runway incursion. Did I miss something?

We have Jepp FD PRO with moving map AMM airport charts. I’m not on the wide body so unsure of flight deck systems capability.

METAR at the time was for 10 miles vis and ceilings broken at about 2200 feet. I’m not sure how the Delta crew could miss a 777 taxing across their runway but I’m not here to pass judgement.

I got clearance to taxi across runway 11 in MSY a few years back. I looked to the right and saw a light twin (Cessna 310 possibly) over the threshold. I told the captain to stop, which he did (and I was ready on the brakes). I told tower that we were holding short for landing traffic. After a few seconds of silence he responded with American 123, hold short runway 11.

Point being is that anyone can make a mistake and if the crew or controller don’t catch it, then it can have deadly consequences.