"Bob Gardner" wrote in message news:KAIMb.37603$8H.86299@attbi_s03...
No holds barred at an uncontrolled airport...but we all have to get along
together. If the preponderance of the traffic was using the short, my
feeling is that you should have joined them or gone somewhere else. Student
pilots (and I have to assume one or two in the pattern) have enough to be
concerned about without someone doing the unexpected. This applies to the
CFI flying with the student as well....although this is a learning
experience: "Look at that guy! What he is doing is legal, but not smart.
Keep your eyes on a swivel and expect the unexpected!!!"


I would agree that if there were a lot of traffic, you should go
somewhere else. Sydney's post describes what I would consider to be a
very light load. Two aircraft doing full-stop, taxi backs. When it
got up to three, she went with the flow.

When I was a student, I actually was exposed to using a different
runway with light traffic on another. Most commonly to do crosswind
landing practice. I was also taught not to go with the flow if the
flow is wrong (i.e. strong wind favoring different runway).

I visit quite a few not-towered airports where more than one runway
is used simultaneously. 99 times out of 100, no one has a problem as
long as you announce and coordinate. Every now and then, some pattern
cop will object to someone using a different runway, but as long as
there is no conflict, they're generally ignored.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)