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Consider the time to bay in some airports. Shanghai 35L for example. Is a 25 to 30kt taxi on the long taxiways, without any traffic congestion, going to be quicker than a 5 to 10kt taxi? Hong Kong stopping and starting its hard to get the speed up and time to bay increases significantly.
If it was discretionary it would be a great way to save fuel on occasion. As it is compulsory, as the second contributor to the thread says, it puts money in your pocket through OT and the odd extra day off. If desk pilots flew more often and across the whole range of the network they would realize the common sense of making single engine taxi discretionary.
Last edited by Follow the Follow Me; 1st Oct 2013 at 08:06.