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Old 2nd Sep 2004, 11:57
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I have, in a previous career incarnation, organised a survey of numerous airlines asking them about their operating definitions, in order to arrive at industry 'guidelines' rather than standards.

Basically, it's up to the individual airline - there is no standard definition, but among the major airlines at least it is almost inevitably the start of pushback. I have however known some carriers to use 'aircraft moving under its own power' and 'doors closed'.

Equally, each airline has its own definition of 'on-time'. The commonest standard is two minutes, but I have known zero, three, four, five, ten and fifteen (the latter was a purely longhaul airline).

If you want a really grey area, ask an airline what is meant by 'scheduled' in 'scheduled time of departure'.
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