"Why do A320s of Wizz and Monarch never (so far as I have seen) accept Alpha intersection departures RNWY 26? EZY B737s, FR 738s and EZY 319s do it. A Wizzair 320 was offered it today and it would have saved time while a Silverjet 767 backtrackecd but declined. Yet in today's 260/29G39 its T/O run was around 1000m, much less than the 1700m available. So is there "something in the book" that prevents it?"
One of the most useless things in aviation is runway you didn't use when you are trying to stop and you can see Vauxhall's factory coming up awfully fast!!