Hi all. Had a "first" today while taxiing and wanted some input.
I was taxiing at an uncontrolled airport, specifically, I WAS moving, not stopped, going at a normal slow taxi speed. A Cessna had landed and just turned off the runway onto the short taxiway that existed between the runway and the parallel taxiway that I was on. He had stopped either at or just beyond the hold short line (could not tell which) and was just a short distance ahead of me and TO MY RIGHT. He was stopped and I was moving. I assumed that he was waiting for me to pass and then he would turn onto the main taxiway behind me. Anytime I have exited a runway onto a short taxiway that connects me to the main taxiway AT AN UNCONTROLLED field I have ALWAYS held short for any aircraft that was already moving on that taxiway regardless as to whether they were on my right or my left unless they were far away from me. As I passed him he "scolded" me stating that since he was on my right I should have stopped my taxi and allowed him to enter the taxiway AHEAD OF ME. It did not seem logical that I should come to a dead stop on the taxiway when I WAS ALREADY MOVING AND HE WAS STOPPED. Seemed like the courteous action would have been for him to wait until I had passed which is what I would have done and then entered the taxiway behind me. My thought was that I had the right of way on the taxiway since I was already moving and he was stopped. BUT... I am "getting old" and perhaps I need to review taxiing protocol at uncontrolled airports.
What do u think?
Sorry for such a long post.
Peter K
RV9A 750 hrs
I was taxiing at an uncontrolled airport, specifically, I WAS moving, not stopped, going at a normal slow taxi speed. A Cessna had landed and just turned off the runway onto the short taxiway that existed between the runway and the parallel taxiway that I was on. He had stopped either at or just beyond the hold short line (could not tell which) and was just a short distance ahead of me and TO MY RIGHT. He was stopped and I was moving. I assumed that he was waiting for me to pass and then he would turn onto the main taxiway behind me. Anytime I have exited a runway onto a short taxiway that connects me to the main taxiway AT AN UNCONTROLLED field I have ALWAYS held short for any aircraft that was already moving on that taxiway regardless as to whether they were on my right or my left unless they were far away from me. As I passed him he "scolded" me stating that since he was on my right I should have stopped my taxi and allowed him to enter the taxiway AHEAD OF ME. It did not seem logical that I should come to a dead stop on the taxiway when I WAS ALREADY MOVING AND HE WAS STOPPED. Seemed like the courteous action would have been for him to wait until I had passed which is what I would have done and then entered the taxiway behind me. My thought was that I had the right of way on the taxiway since I was already moving and he was stopped. BUT... I am "getting old" and perhaps I need to review taxiing protocol at uncontrolled airports.
What do u think?
Sorry for such a long post.
Peter K
RV9A 750 hrs