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Old 27th Nov 2011, 23:46
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cossack
 
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If you're going 100kt+ 2/3 of the way down the runway and someone tries to cross in front, your options are limited. Too fast to stop, too slow to fly.

We have safety procedures (stop bars, read backs) and personnel (monitoring controller) in place to mitigate as many of the risks as possible, but sometimes someone just messes up. We protect ourself and our users as best we can.
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