Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100; Flight Crew Total 580; Flight Crew Type 200
Communication Breakdown; Confusion; Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Airport; Human Factors; Procedure
Aircraft taxiing eastbound to Runway 28 sometimes get issued taxi instructions as simply 'taxi via Echo' instead of the full and seemingly proper 'via Echo; Hotel'; which is the complete taxi route. Failure to miss the turn at Hotel will immediately result in an aircraft entering Runway 33.Because of this potential; I think the Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) should issue such taxi instructions as 'Via Echo; Hotel'. It would be a very easy mistake for a solo student or non-local pilot to make. Additionally; the area in the vicinity of Runways 33; 28; and Taxiway Echo should be a hot spot because of the possibility of a runway incursion.
The reporter indicated that a clearance to cross or hold short of Runway 20R on Echo is being provided; and is not the area of potential confusion.
A local pilot is concerned that ATC instructions that are incomplete or unclear may lead to a less experienced or unfamiliar pilot into a runway incursion.