RTO,
sadly, events at GCXO proved that is not always the case.
Historically, some crews did acknowledge a T/O clearance with the phrase....(c/s)...rolling.
Here's a silly story from an ATCO who speaks at our local aviation group.
Many years ago, a Tels engineer telephoned the tower to ask if the ILS could be taken out of service.
The call was answered by the ATC assistant.
As the assistant wasn't qualified to answer the question, he, quite correctly, said "you will need to speak to the tower supervisor" and promptly passed the telephone handset to the duty Tower Supervisor, informing him "tels would like to speak to you".
The duty supervisor put the handset to his mouth and said "supervisor, go-ahead"
The reply from Tels was: - "Thank-you", - followed by click....whirrr.... and the 'phone went dead. Unfortunately so did the ILS, much to the surprise of both the approach controller, and the two 'fully-established' inbounds!
As (I believe), Stanley Stewart says in 'Flying The Big Jets', "Murphy always wins in the end"
As someone said recently, "every incident is a free lesson".
Last edited by ZOOKER; 14th Dec 2009 at 20:28.