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Old 21st Sep 2008, 03:39
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Bedder believeit
 
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Let's face it, the tower controller shouldn't clear an aircraft for take-off until he/she is positively certain that the aircraft cannot roll with a take-off clearance from other than (in this case) rwy 07L. Sure, saying "Line up and wait runway 07L" will not stop an aircraft from lining up on twy A, but a quick check either out the window, or on the ground radar will confirm where the aircraft is, and at worse a "you d**k head, you aren't on the runway, turn left on to A2 and CONFIRMING, line up rwy07L" should save one of the last swiss cheese holes from forming up.

ACMS, highly unlikely to have a towing/taxiing aircraft on twy A, but highly likely to have vehicles...including sweepers which are always out in the dark hours, and I think they would do as much damage to a speeding jet as would anything else.
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