Overthewing, a commonsense post from, of all people, a pax. Well done.
hornet,
and dear self loading freight...if anyone was to be delayed , the cessna would have been allowed to continue and the 777 would have had to wait, safely on the ground...burning up lots of gas(actually jet fuel) .
For the sake of a 30 second delay on the ground to let the Cessna pass, so what? What's the 777 ground idle fuel fuel? 50kg per minute? 25kg saved, as opposed to getting a TCAS RA? And yes, it would have been better doing that than taking off going in the wrong direction... Flying airliners is about being economical as well.
You guys are defending the indefensible.