topman, you are a
wit. I have been reading your ignorant tripe here and had to reply. Any sane (real) pilot would know not to line up in front of an inbound OEI emergency, especially one at 2 miles and 600 feet. The subsequent asymetric go around no doubt contributed heavily, if not completely, to the accident.
The aircraft holding short posed no obstacle whatsoever to the Lear, thats why they paint those yellow lines, they're called Holdpoints, to keep holding aircraft safely clear of the runway enviroment. Look for them when next you park your 742 on flightsim on a sector thru Japan.
Can you also, being 10 times more experienced than any of us, please explain "non standard conditions"? And what the hell is meant by your statement " the 742 hard to touch and hold level in non standard conditions. Can often depend on the gyration swing and all else"..........
Methinks you have overstepped your very limited aviation knowledge, so time to back off, people died because of an extremely poor decision on the part of ATC and you, obviously not a pilot, are trying to defend them with experience(?) gained on flightsim and by standing in the carpark at Manchester trying to guess the separation between arriving/departing flights, probably all done in a pilots uniform to boot.
Nosey