Originally Posted by
fmgc
Come to think of it, what, technically, is the difference between "Cleared for TO" and Cleared immediate TO"?
Quoting from Doc 4444 (para 7.9.3.4):
"In the interest of expediting traffic, a clearance for immediate take-off may be issued to an aircraft before it enters the runway. On acceptance of such clearance the aircraft should taxi out to the runway and take off in one continuous movement"
Then, of course, an aircraft may well be taxiing out at 3 kts, line-up at 3 kts and take-off, all a in a single continuous movement, and still fall within the definition of an 'immediate' takeoff...but that's not exactly what I'm looking forward to, when I ask for one
