etops330
i agree there is a nasty incident coming to Hong Kong. in this latest incident there was a buffer of 3700m. i personally witnessed an incident a few years ago where the buffer was 8 feet! it involved a Cathay 747 holding on j8 as both twy H and J were blocked with tows and taxying aircraft. the tail was over the edge of the runway. duty runway 07R for take off and landings. A departing Cathay 747 for London was cleared for take off and rolled. He had to come off the centreline 8 feet as he rotated to miss the tail of the 747 at j8. the pilot of the departing aircraft would remember the event as he submitted an incident report on arrival London. There was no investigation by CAD.
the time has come for a completely independent investigation department, completely seperate from CAD.