ZS340
They then block the taxiway for everyone else until they have the required data. At FACT this means no one moves.
Not when I'm in command it doesn't............
Brakes off on stand to trigger the ACARS "off" signal then wait at least 15 minutes before calling ATC for push back. After carrying out a normal push and start procedure (and offering to give way to our friends in SAA Cargo ) the final figures arrive just before we reach the threshold. As
Topbunk says the incidence of "revisions" to those figures is very rare so I often get take-off clearance without stopping on the taxyway
Now, what about the A340's poor climb and cruise performance leaving LHR.....