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AA.II.C.R3FAA-S-ACS-11A · Nov 2023Risk management

A taxi route or departure runway change.

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A taxi route or departure runway change.

Bottom line

A potential pitfall of pretaxi and prelanding planning is setting expectations and then receiving different instructions from ATC.

FAA references

  1. RMH ch. 6 (pp. 6-2–6-3) — FAA-H-8083-2A
  2. AFH ch. 11 (p. 11-8) — FAA-H-8083-3C
  3. AC 120-74, paras. 7b, 7e — AC No: 120-74B
  4. AIM 4-3-18 (Taxiing) — AIM Basic 2/20/25 w/ Change 1 (8/7/25) & Change 2 (1/22/26)
  5. PHAK ch. 14 (pp. 14-32–14-33) — FAA-H-8083-25C (2023)
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