Originally Posted by
Chilli Monster
SOP where I work is the big boys taxy to the end for departure, light aircraft go to an intermediate point which still gives them 1500m+ or 2000m+ depending on the runway in use. Means you can get the light stuff away in front of the big guys thereby negating the 3 minute vortex wake separation sometimes. If a C172 or similar decided they wanted to backtrack from that point, with or without asking, he would probably incur some form of displeasure and probably get delayed!
Backtrack from Sierra or Mike???
Its about time you started letting us depart 27 from Mike, never mind taxi-ing to Sierra or backtracking!
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