Replying to a message of TIM RICHARDSON to BOB ACKLEY:

 TR> On 10-06-08, BOB KLAHN said to BOB ACKLEY:

 BA>> My flightline experience is limited to EC-47s and driving a
 BA>> motor vehicle on it (there are a lot of arcane rules for
 BA>> operating motor vehicles around aircraft).  We did have

 TR> I worked on the railroad for about 7 years. I've worked around heavy
 TR> equipment and large trucks most of my life.

 TR> My experience has been that there is nothing `arcane' about rules
 TR> governing movements in, on, or around large pieces of equipment. Most
 TR> of the rules are written in someone's blood.

No doubt.  My little rule of thumb was that if an aircraft was moving I made
sure I was well out of its way and stopped until it had passed.

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