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the rule of thumb in aviation is to stay three mistakes from the ground. so when the tower assigns you to a runway different from the one you were expecting, that's one. your copilot remarks that isn't it odd that there are no lights on the runway. two. you take off anyway. three. you're dead. and so are all your passengers. we pay pilots the big bucks with the expectation that they're not going to fuck up like this.