CESSNA CITATION FLC TAXIES ACROSS ACTIVE RWY. THEY WERE CLRED TO RWY WITHOUT LIMITATIONS.

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ENCLOSED IS A COPY OF PALM SPRINGS; CA; ARPT. PLEASE REFER TO IT. ON JAN/XX/97; I RECEIVED A CLRNC TO TAXI FROM THE RAMP TO RWY 31L. I DON'T BELIEVE AND EITHER DOES THE CAPT REMEMBER THE CTLR STATING TO USE TXWY A TO GET THERE. I DIDN'T READ ANY INSTRUCTIONS BACK EXCEPT THAT I WAS CLRED TO RWY 31L. THE RAMP WAS VERY FULL OF ACFT AND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AN EASY TAXI IF WE WOULD HAVE USED TXWY A VIA THE RAMP SE. SO I TOLD THE CAPT TO PROCEED TO TXWY B AND THAT WE WOULD BE XING THE END OF RWY 31R AND THEN IT WOULD BE A L ON TXWY C. HE LOOKED OVER THE RTE WITH ME AND WE STARTED OUT. WE SLOWED DOWN AND BOTH SAID CLR R AND L BEFORE WE PROCEEDED TO CROSS THE END OF RWY 31R. AFTER WE CROSSED; THE GND CTLR CALLED US ON THE RADIO AND STATED WE JUST CROSSED AN ACTIVE RWY. WITHOUT GIVEN PRIOR TAXI DIRECTIONS OR HOLD SHORT DIRECTIONS; I FEEL THIS WAS A MISCOM BTWN THE CTLR AND THE PLTS. I DID NOT READ BACK ANY SPECIAL TAXI RTE EXCEPT THAT WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI TO RWY 31L. I COULD HAVE MISSED HIS DIRECTIONS BUT I WRITE DOWN ALL MY CLRNCS AND HAD NOTHING WRITTEN ABOUT TXWY A OR HOLD SHORT DIRECTIONS. WE CONTACTED THE TWR ON THE LAND LINE AND HE SAID IT WAS NO PROB AND IT HAPPENS OFTEN. I KNOW HE SAW US XING RWY 31R AND WISH HE WOULD HAVE SPOKEN UP SOONER. IT WAS CLR OUT AND EVEN THOUGH THE CTLR TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY; IF THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE OR MAY HAPPEN AGAIN; I FEEL IT SHOULD BE REMEDIED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THERE HAS BEEN NO FOLLOW UP FROM FAA. WHEN HE ARRIVED AT DEST HE PHONED THE TWR AND SPOKE TO ANOTHER CTLR WHO INDICATED THERE WAS NO INFO REGARDING THE INCIDENT AND IT WAS NO BIG DEAL; IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. RPTR DISCUSSED WITH HIS CAPT WHO SAID HE WOULD NOT FILE A RPT BUT THE FO SHOULD GO AHEAD IF HE CHOSE TO AND SEND A COPY TO THE CAPT. RPTR IS NEW TO THE COMPANY AND IS ON PROBATION SO IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCIDENT.