Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 65; Flight Crew Total 1336; Flight Crew Type 816
Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Ground Conflict; Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Incursion Taxiway
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors; Procedure; Airport
We landed on Runway 15 and taxied onto Taxiway C eastbound via Runway 19 as advised by Burlington Tower. We called Burlington Ground; who advised us to taxi to parking to GA parking at the end of Kilo via Charlie and Kilo. A regional jet landed on Runway 15 after we landed and exited the runway onto Charlie westbound; the two planes were a safe distance apart but pointed at each other.Typically at BTV; when two aircraft are on Charlie in opposite directions; ground control advises one aircraft to sidestep onto the GA ramp adjacent to Charlie while the other aircraft passes. The ground controller advised the regional jet to taxi to the terminal via Charlie and Alpha and then advised us to sidestep onto the GA ramp adjacent to Charlie. There was a work area on the GA ramp. We no longer had space to sidestep ahead of the work area due to the incoming regional jet. The jet was getting too close for comfort for me; so we sidestepped through the work area between two empty trucks; ensuring that we were far clear of any personnel in the area. After the jet taxied past us; we returned to Charlie; not crossing the work area a second time.When we returned to our GA ramp; a Burlington Airport Operations representative was waiting for us. He advised us that we had taxied through a NOTAMed work area. He told us that ATC shouldn't have put two planes in opposite directions on the same taxiway. I told him that we had to move out of the way of the jet heading toward us. He replied that I should have told the controller that I was unable to sidestep. I would have violated my personal margins for operational safety if I had not reacted as the regional jet taxied closer to us.
A C172 pilot reported he taxied into a work area to avoid a conflict with opposite direction air carrier aircraft.