Yes, but.........
Nowhere is it written how far from a stopbar or preceeding a/c should the commander of an a/c stop.
Remember in this incident the baby crew elected to hold behind a quadrapuff but so far back they infringed the taxiway strip of both Twy Victor and the crossing link.
And had the perfect right so to do. At other times one can see 3 or 4 a/c occupy the same space that then only 2 did.
A year apart wing tips clashed at LHR at the 27L hold, both incidents involved a/c commanders deciding where to stop and infringing adjacent taxiway strips.
Anybody agree with me that to stop this happening again we could agree a common standard or recommended practice of an acceptable stopping distance from a RTHP or preceeding a/c?
Discuss.
CAA take note
BALPA copy
ICAO in your own time.
Sir George Cayley