Originally Posted by
Dave Gittins
As a British PPL I am used to only ever being clear to land or take-off from a completely clear runway that is "mine". It does un-nerve me occasionally, because I do fly a bit in the USA, that I can be cleared to use a runway that somebody else is already occupying. "Cleared" has a number of definitions.
Well it is because in the USA the runway is not " yours", it generally belong to the airport, ad they want to make max use of it .
I also fly regularly in the States and , yes it is different , but it works extremely well and better than in most other countries, especially VFR. If you want to see not 2 but 3 aircraft landing on the same runway come to Oshkosh ..
VariablePitchP: Wow. If I was sat 6,001ft down the runway, stopped,
No you would be well above 100 Kts by then ...are you a pilot ?