Would you believe that the notam was time expired the day before, and had not been reissued to the crew about the intersection departure. The OPT says intersection departures not to be done, and the taxiway at the end of the runway had been blocked and not available to the crew to use in the 180. It had rained in the previous 1hr. I believe the runway is stated to be 60m wide. I think the ER is quoted to need 56 and a bit meters (?) to turn around.
Sounds like a whole bunch of holes lining up to me. I totaly agree with singleseater about the professionalism of the grumpy old bugga that was driving on this flight.
I hope this gets sorted quickly and that both the FO and Capt get back on line ASAP.
Don