Originally Posted by
chevvron
All 3 departures were 737s, the first was rolling as we hit 4nm; the second was cleared as soon as the first was airborne and I was pretty amazed when the third was then cleared, however we still got landing clearance by about 1.5nm; don't ask me what departure separations were used as I don't know however my crew said similar situations were not unknown.
I'd call it good runway utilisation.
On another fam flight departing 08R in a 737, the captain wound it up to about 50% before we even turned onto the runway so maybe these guys were doing the same.
I 'd call it mass murder awaiting to happen.
unless you had Huracan Katrina on your nose on final approach, and even then ....