Originally Posted by
AreOut
how often pilots require to get shorter position after they have departed the gate? Maybe the simplest solution is that ICAO just bans such practice?
Why? You want to punish the entire class because one made a mistake? Runway lengths differ from airport to airport. If for example a particular type operates without problem and meeting all criteria from an airport with a 2000m runway. Why can they not depart from an intersection with a TORA of 2000m from an airport with a 3000m runway. As has already been explained, at busy airports this also helps with minimizing delays. One pilot makes an odd and rare error and you want to change something that has been going on for a great many years with millions of movements because of that? Go sell your idea to the Americans!