This feature was originally added for our blind and visually impaired (BVI) pilots so that they could run through the Pre-Flight, Before Start Up, Start Up, Before Taxi and Taxi checklists, then because they cannot see the taxiways, simply SLEW to the assigned runway. However, even us sighted simmers that decide to do a quick flight, in many cases simply select the Active Runway. Then, perhaps we change the weather and when we ask for takeoff clearance, we discover we're at the wrong runway. Here again, we can simply SLEW to the alternate runway by saying...
"Michelle, let's taxi to runway 3 4 right."
or,
"Mike, let's taxi to runway 8 left."
Once our trusty and muscular co-pilot lifts our aircraft and moves us to the correct runway, she/he taxis into Position and Hold.
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This feature was originally conceived as a tool for our blind and visually impaired (BVI) pilots so that they could find out what runways are available at a particular airport, and in particular those runways that are equipped with an ILS approach. So, for example, if you were approaching Vancouver International airport, you would say...
"Make the destination airport Charlie, Yankee, Victor, Romeo."
Michelle or Mike confirms the ICAO, reads back the airport name, indicates the airport's relative direction to the aircraft (e.g., three o'clock), the distance to the airport, and its altitude. Then, you ask...
and your co-pilot reads back all of the runways, their length, course setting, surface type, and whether or not there is an ILS approach.
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