Originally Posted by
PENKO
Question: how would you deal with ‘maintain runway heading’ when you depart in, say, a lefthand 38 knot crosswind. You will initially fly runway track until you pull heading. But by then your nose will be into the wind so you will actively have to turn 20-25 degrees to the right to end back on runway heading! Which is quite large a correction..
Yep. That's what they've asked for so that's what you give them. They know the wind is there. If they don't like the result they can give you a new heading.