Originally Posted by
oggers
Does he have no understanding of wake turbulence separation.
If they were actually given two minutes, there wouldn’t be any difference to the wake turbulence separation since the previous departure would have started rolling from the same holding point. Three minutes would be correct for an intersection departure.
Unless, of course, a minute had already elapsed.
I think this is more likely to be some sort of separation requirement, either imposed by a next sector to reduce overload, or by a procedure.