Originally Posted by cough
An LHR outbound 747 on our LHS
- we need to be careful here - staying on heading COULD infringe the 747 which might be 8 miles ahead of you, and it is ATC's job to ensure separation for KNOWN traffic which in that case would be one turning left at Det/10.
In visual contact with all traffic it might be ok (as a Lightning pilot would say "One peep is worth a thousand sweeps") but in IMC I would advocate flying the SID as published. At least your widow would have the satisfaction of knowing it was not
your fault......
