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Old 28th Feb 2023, 16:27
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What should be seriously studied is why the Tower controller cleared SouthWest to take off, and why Southwest didn’t wait for FedEx to land
Which brings us back to the beginning of the circle. Even ignoring Cat III/II protections (which we should not in this case) would a sensible controller clear an ac to move on to the runway with an ac at 3 miles final? IMO it’s a total brain fart by Tower.
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